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ADMIRALTY FLEET ORDERS

A d m i r a l t y , S.W .l,20th June, 1944.

The following Honours and Awards are hereby promulgated for information.

By Command of Their Lordships,

T o Commanders-in-Chief, Flag Officers, Senior Naval Officers,Captains and Commanding Officers of H .M . Ships, Vessels and C.O.Craft {A.F.O. 494/44) carrying Aircraft, Superintendents or Officers in Charge of H .M . Naval Establish­ments, and Admiralty Overseers concerned.

N o t e :—The scale of distribution is approxim ately h a lf th a t shown in the A dm iralty F leet Order Volume, 1941, Instructions, paragraph 10.

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8248.—Honours and Awards—Birthday Honours List, 1944—“ London Gazette ” Supplement of 8th June, 1844

(H. & A. 339/44.—20 Jun. 1944.)

C e n t r a l C h a n c e r y o f t h e O r d e r s o r K n i g h t h o o d ,St. James's Palace, S .W .l,

8th June, 1944.The KING has been graciously pleased on the occasion of the Celebration of

His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appoint­ments to the Most Honourable Order of the Bath :—-

To be Additional Members of the M ilitary Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders, of the said Most Honourable Order :—

Vice-Admiral Sir Harold Martin Burrough, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O.Vice-Admiral Henry Bernard Rawlings, C.B., O.B.E.Vice-Admiral Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton, C.B., D.S.O.

To be Additional Members of the M ilitary Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order :—

Vice-Admiral Edward de Faye Renouf, C.V.O. (Ret.).Rear-Admiral Richard James Rodney Scott, A.M. (Ret.).Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Louis Vian, K.B.E., D.S.O.Rear-Admiral Arthur Duncan Read.Rear-Admiral Henry Clarmont Phillips.Rear-Admiral John Hereward Edelsten, C.B.E.Engineer Rear-Admiral Rene Charles Hugill, M.V.O., O.B.E. (Ret.).Paymaster Captain Roger Ernest Worthington, D.S.C., A.D.C.

C h a n c e r y o j - t h e O r d e r o f S a i n t M i c h a e l a n d S a i n t G e o r g e ,8th June, 1944.

The KING has been graciously pleased to give directions for the following appointment to the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George :— To be an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders, of the said

Most Distinguished Order :—Paymaster-Commander Edward Wilfred Harry Travis, C.B.E., R.N., Director of

a Department of the Foreign Office.

C e n t r a l C h a n c e r y o f t h e O r d e r s o f K n i g h t h o o d ,St. James's Palace, S .W .l,

8th June, 1944.The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of

His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following appointments to the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire :—

To be Additional Companions of the said Most Eminent Order :—Captain Joseph Noel Metcalfe, O.B.E., D.S.C., R.I.N . (Ret.), Director of Equipment,

Naval Headquarters.Captain (Commodore) Charles Ford Hammill, R.N., Senior Naval Officer, Persian

Gulf Division.

C e n t r a l C h a n c e r y o f t h e O r d e r s o f K n i g h t h o o d ,

St. James's Palace, S .W .l,8th June, 1944.

The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in and appoint­ments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire :—To be Additional Knights Commanders o f the M ilitary Division of the said Most

Excellent Order :—Vice-Admiral Frank Arthur Marten, C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O. (Ret.).Vice-Admiral Theodore John Hallett, C.B., C.B.E. (Ret.).Rear-Admiral Aubrey Thomas Tillard, D.S.O. (Ret.).Rear-Admiral Kenelm Everard Lane Creighton, M.V.O. (Ret.).

3248 2 3 3248To be an Additional Dame Commander of the M ilitary Division of the said Most

Excellent Order :—Miss Doris Winifred Beale, R.R.C., Matron-in-Chief.

To be Additional Commanders of the M ilitary Division of the said Most Excellent Order :

Acting Rear Admiral (E) Charles Hepworth Nicholson.Temporary Surgeon Rear Admiral Richard Alun Rowlands, O.B.E., M.D.Captain (Commodore Second Class) John Pelham Champion, D.S.O., R.N. (Ret.). Captain (Commodore Second Class) Daniel de Pass, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S. “ Europa ” . Captain Terence Hugh Back, R.N., H.M.S. “ Bermuda ” .Captain Arthur Edgar Buckland, D.S.O., D.S.C.,'R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S. “ Rooke Captain Douglas William O’Bryen Forsyth, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S. “ Spartiate ” . Captain Archibald Edward Johnston, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S. “ Breda ”.Captain Frederick Thomas de Mallet Morgan, R.N. (Ret.).Captain Richard William Ravenhill, D.S.C., R.N., Staff of C.-in-C., W estern

Approaches.Acting Captain Dudley Vivian Peyton-Ward, R.N.Constructor Captain Neville Green Holt, R.C.N.C.Acting Paymaster Captain John Hugo Benwell Benweli-Lejeune, R.N., H.M.S.

“ President ”.Acting Paymaster Captain Charles Alun Maurice-Jones, R.N.Colonel Second Commandant (Acting Major-General) Godfrey Edward Wildman-

Lushington, R.M.The Reverend Robert Reginald Churchill, M.A., K.H.Ch., Chaplain, R.N.Miss Jocelyn May Woollcombe, Superintendent, W.R.N.S.

To be Additional Officers of the M ilitary Division of the said Most Excellent Order :

Acting Captain Harry Thomas Strawbridge, R.N., H.M.S. “ Gombroon ” . Commander John Gordon Aitchison, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S. “ King Alfred ” . Commander Thomas Kerr, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S. “ Beehive ” .Commander Gordon Vincent Knight, R.N. (Ret.).Commander Mark Taylor, R.N., H.M.S. “ Victory ” ,Commander Robert Dymock Watson, R.N., Staff of F.O.L.E.M.Acting Commander the Honourable Richard Duke Coleridge, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S.

“ Saker ” .Acting Commander John Trevor Powell, R.N., Staff of V-A.(D) Home Fleet.Acting Commander William Lavallin Puxley, R.N., H.M.S. " Stadacona ”.Acting Temporary Commander Ronald Arthur Foort, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Eaglet Commander Norman Thomas Patterson, R.I.N.V.R.Commander (E) Percival Hutchison Craven-Phillips, R.N., H.M.S. “ Varbel ”. Commander (E) Norman Eric Dalton, R.N.Commander (E) John Darley Farrow, R.N., H.M.S. “ Furious ” .Commander (E) Richard Leslie Jordan, R.N., H.M.S. “ London ” .Engineer Commander John William Renshaw, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S. “ Wayland ”. Acting Commander (E) Hector George Edmund Dobbs, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S.

“ Victory ” .Acting Commander (E) Wilfred Mowbray Onyon, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S. “ President ” . Surgeon-Commander John Gerrard Holmes, M.D., B.Ch., R.N., R.N.H., Chatham. Paymaster Commander Richard Mann Bolster, R.N., H.M.S. “ Duke of York Paymaster Commander Maurice Hubert K nott, R.N.Paymaster Commander Jasper Parrott, R.N.Paymaster Commander Philip John Row, R.N., H.M.S. “ Kent ” .Paymaster Commander Dennis Shephard Wareham, R.N., Staff of R.A., 15th

Cruiser Squadron.Acting Paymaster Commander Harold Garrett, R.N.V.R.Captain (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) George Barclay Grant, R.M., M.N.B.D.O.H. Captain (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) William Frank Paget Whit marsh, R.M.,

M.N.B.D.O.H.Lieutenant-Commander George Fellowes Blaxland, R.N., H.M.S. “ Rodney ” . Lieutenant-Commander Walter John Rankine Campbell, R.N., H.M.S. “ Delhi ” . Lieutenant-Commander John Hubert Gretton, R.N., H.M.S. “ Nelson” . Lieutenant-Commander James' Humphrey Walwyn, R.N., H.M.S. “ Newcastle ” . Acting Lieutenant-Commander Herbert Charles Bicknell, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S.

“ Forte ” .

3248 4Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander The Honourable Ewen Edward Samuel

Montagu, R.N.V.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Robert Archibald Nisbet, R.N.V.R.,

H.M.S. “ Rough’s Fort ” .Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Frederick William Fitzjohn Oldham,

R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Anson” .Major Arthur Henry Rede Buckley. R.M.Major George Harvie Morris, R.M., H.M.S. “ N ile” .Captain Sydney Soward Chatres Thomson, Master, M.F.A. “ Singu ” .Chief Officer Gladys Octavia Snow, W.R.N.S., H.M.S. “ Badger ” .To be Additional Members of the M ilitary Division of the said Most Excellent Order. Lieutenant-Commander Robert Edward Sanders, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Nimrod ” . Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Herbert Alexander Dixon, R.N.V.R., H.M.S.

“ President ” .Temporary Lieutenant-Commander William James Muddock, R.N.V.R., H.M.S.

“ President ” .Lieutenant-Commander Benjamin W hitcutt, Burma R.N.V.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (A) Geoffrey Hamilton Bates, R.N.V.R.,

H.M.S. “ V ulture”.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (A) William A rthur Jevons Street,

R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Godwit ” .Lieutenant-Commander (E) Raymond Hadyn Tribe, R.N., H.M.S. “ Orwell ” . Acting Engineer Lieutenant-Commander William McDonald, R.N.R. (Ret.),

H.M.S. “ Gnu ” .Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (E) Bernard Seymour Tharp, R.N.R.,

H.M.S. “ B eaver” .Acting Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Charles Joseph Richard Souhamy,

R.N., H.M.S. “ Drake ” .Acting Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Peter White, R.N., Staff of C.-in-C.,

Home Fleet.Acting Shipwright Lieutenant-Commander (Shipwright Lieutenant) Harry Watson,

R.N. (Ret.).Temporary Captain (Acting Temporary Major) John Morrice Cairns James, R.M.,

M.N.B.D.O.II.Lieutenant (Acting Major) John Dane Henderson Salter, R.M., M.N.B.D.O.II. The Reverend GeoSrey Phillips Beaumont, B.A., Temporary Chaplain, R.N.V.R.,

M.N.B.D.O. II.The Reverend David Herbert Booth, M.A., Temporary Chaplain, R.N.V.R., H.M.S.

“ Hannibal ” .Lieutenant Richard Edmond John Fowler, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S. “ King George V ” . Lieutenant Frederick John Harding, R.N., H.M.S. “ Howe ” .Lieutenant Peter John Stephen Hardinge, R.N., H.M.S. “ Berwick ” .Lieutenant Frank Leonard Leeder, R.N., H.M.S. “ Pembroke ” .Lieutenant Richard Francis McDermott, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S. “ Ganges ” . Lieutenant Herbert Frank Short, R.N.Temporary Lieutenant Ernest Ronald Wray, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Wildfire Acting Lieutenant Raleigh Thomas Rowe, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Eland ” .Temporary Lieutenant John Ebner Glen, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Pyramus ” . Temporary Lieutenant John Prys Williams, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Exmouth ” . Lieutenant John Ernest Rimmer, R.I.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Euphrates ” .Lieutenant (A) George Archibald Wycliffe Goodwin, R.N., H.M.S. “ Daedalus Lieutenant (A) Basil Sinclair, R.N., H.M.S. “ Malagas ” .Lieutenant (E) Lewis Leslie Broad, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Erebus ” .Temporary Lieutenant (E) John Campbell Moody, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Ferret Paymaster Lieutenant Reuben Brampton Corkrey, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S. “ Excellent Paymaster Lieutenant Owen Michael Lewin, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Garth Skipper Lieutenant Edward Spencer R ilatt, R.D., R.N.R. (Ret.), 2489 W.S., H.M.S.

“ Barbican ” .Chief Boom Skipper Edward John Bracher, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Gwmaho Temporary Lieutenant (Quartermaster) Frederick Victor Borrett, R.M., 41 R.M.

Commando.Miss Jean Davies, First Officer W.R.N.S., Staff of C.-in-C., Western Approaches. Miss Heather Hayes, First Officer W.R.N.S., Staff of S.A.C.S.E.A.Mr. Robert H art Robertson, Commissioned Gunner, R.N., H.M.S. “ Suffolk ” .Mr. Harold Richard Ben Smith, Gunner, R.N., H.M.S. “ Ferret ” .Mr. Frank Ebling, Acting Commissioned Photographer, R.N.

5 3248Mr. John Henry Cook, Commissioned Shipwright, R.N., H.M.S. “ Glasgow ”.Mr. Albert Edward Allcock, Commissioned Engineer, R.N., H.M.S. “ Shoreham Mr. Leonard George Nathaniel Linder, Commissioned Engineer, R.N., H.M.S.

“ Vanquisher ” .Mr. John Watkins Northwood, D.S.C., Commissioned Engineer, R.N., H.M.S.

“ Forth ”.Mr. Herbert William Lacon, Commissioned Wardmaster, R.N., H.M.S. “ Kongoni Mr. Reuben Daniel Wade, W arrant Shipwright, R.N., H.M.S. “ Sirius ” .Mr. George Ernest Whittle, Temporary W arrant Master-at-Arms, R.N., H.M.S.

“ Eaglet ” .Mr. Reginald A rthur Jackson, Temporary W arrant Engineer, R.N., H.M.S.

“ Valorous ” .Mr. Percy Frederick Hale, W arrant Mechanician, R.N., H.M.S. “ Leith ” .Air. Samuel John Taylor, F irst Radio Officer, R.N.R., N.A.P./964525, H.M.S.

“ Leonian ”.Staff Sergeant Major Reginald James Brooks, R.M., R.M. Depot, Deal. Superintending Clerk John William Johnson, R.M.

The KING has been graciously pleased on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday and on the advice of Australian Ministers, to give Orders for the following Appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire :—To be an Additional Officer of the M ilitary Division of the said Most Excellent

Order :—'Acting Commander Rupert Basil Michel Long, R.A.N.

To be Additional Members of the M ilitary Division o f the said Most ExcellentOrder :—

Lieutenant Commander Neville Drake Pixley, R.A.N.R.Mr. Ralph Lane, Commissioned Telegraphist, R.A.N.

The KING has been graciously pleased on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, and on the advice of New Zealand Ministers, to give Orders for the following Appointment to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire :—To be an Additional Member of the M ilitary Division of the said Most Excellent

Order :—Mr. Frederick Gardner, Temporary Gunner, R.N.Z.N.

C e n t r a l C h a n c e r y o f t h e O k d e b s o r K n i g h t h o o d ,

St. James's Palace, S .W .l.8th June, 1944.

The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Military Division) to the undermentioned :—Chief Petty Officer Albert Arrum, C/J.28885, H.M.S. “ Saker ” .Chief Petty Officer David Ashenden, C/239819, H.M.S. “ Cyclops ” .Chief Petty Officer John Henry William Baker, D.S.M., D /J. 102296, H.M.S.

“ Jamaica ”.Chief Petty Officer Arthur Sidney Braddy, P/J.17972, H.M.S. “ President I I I ” . Chief Petty Officer Horace Bryan, D/JX.152152, H.M.S. “ Gnu ” .Chief Petty Officer Samuel George Bryant, P/J.27765, H.M.S. “ Beehive ”.Chief Petty Officer Boatswain William Edward Donnelly, RTP/R.238507, H.M.S.

“ Minona ”.Chief Petty Officer W alter George Durand, P/234315, H.M.S. “ Osprey ”.Chief Petty Officer William Earle, D.S.M., P/231443, H.M.S. “ Ganges ”.Chief Petty Officer Horace Joseph Fletcher, P/226599, H.M.S. “ Condor ”.Chief Petty Officer Frederick Albert French, D.S.M., D/J.94677, H.M.S. “ Renown ” . Chief Petty Officer Robert John Green, C/J.7805, H.M.S. “ Yeoman ”.Chief Petty Officer Francis Joseph Harding, P/J.43808, H.M.S. “ Dolphin ”.Chief Petty Officer Wilfred Hurditch, D/J.1614, H.M.S. “ Spartiate ”.Chief Petty Officer Leonard Jenner, C/J.21933, H.M.S. “ Paragon ” .Chief Petty Officer Leonard Pentlow, C/J.97501, H.M.S. “ Ashanti ”.Chief Petty Officer Reginald A rthur Wilson, P /J .l 14170, H.M.-S. “Antwerp ”.Acting Chief Petty Officer William Hinton, D/JX.126626.Temporary Chief Petty Officer Benjamin Matthew Huntingford, C/J.14882, H.M.S.

“ Excalibur

8248 6Temporary Chief Petty Officer Leonard W alter Scott, P/JX.148321, H.M.S.

“ MentorChief Petty Officer Airman Leslie Sullivan, FAA/FX.77395, H.M.S. “ Malagas ” . Chief Yeoman of Signals Frederick William Henry Chatten, P/JX.129765, H.M.S.

“ BerwickChief Yeoman of Signals John Cecil Proud, D/J.4495, H.M.S. “ Caroline ” .Chief Yeoman of Signals George Henry Richards, P /J .3111, H.M.S. “ Fortitude Cliief Yeoman of Signals Richard Charles Turner, P/J.104366, H.M.S. “ King

George V ” . 'Chief Engine Room Artificer Edwin Oliver Bedford, P/M. 11540, H.M.S. “ Fledgling Chief Engine Room Artificer John William Buswell, P/MX.47892, H.M.S.

“ Saunders ” .Chief Engine Room Artificer Raymond Ernest H art, P/MX.48917, H.M.S.

“ PyramusChief Engine Room Artificer Albert George Histed, P/M.23489, H.M.S. “ Forth ” . Chief Engine Room Artificer George Harry Freeman Pickering, D/MX.51427,

H.M.S. “ Onslow Chief Engine Room Artificer John Wright, C/M.2923, H.M.S. “ Wasp Temporary Acting Chief Mechanician Harry Salt, D/KX.76464, H.M.S. “ Furious Chief Stoker John Henry Boynton, C/KX.76956, H.M.S. “ Suffolk Chief Stoker Edward Budgen, P/347893, Patrol Service Central Depot, Lowestoft. Chief Stoker William Henry Dixon, D/K.2558, H.M.S. “ Skirmisher Chief Stoker John Evans, D/K.5815, H.M.S. “ Defender ” .Chief Stoker Harold A rthur Udell, P/K.63735, H.M.S. “ Gnu ” .Chief Electrical Artificer William James Coleman, P/M.13983, H.M.S. “ St. George ” . Chief Electrical Artificer John Crossland Haigh, D/M.38281, H.M.S. “ Newcastle ” . Chief Electrical Artificer Colin Stevens Westaway, D/MX.47235, H.M.S. “ Kenya ” . Chief Electrical Artificer James Henry Williams, C/M.39319, H.M.S. “ Varbel ” . Acting Chief Electrical Artificer Leonard Frank Marcel Horn, P/MX.52654, H.M.S.

“ Saker ” .Chief Ordnance Artificer Ronald Edward Lillington, D/MX.4710, H.M.S.

“ Rodney” .Chief Armourer Henry William Baker, C/M.5486, H.M.S. “ Ferret ” .Chief Engineman John Robert Scott Bulmer, LT/X.10383S, H.M.T. “ Yestor ” . Chief Engineman Tasker Brier Scott, LT/X.4018 T., H.M.T. “ Piet ” .Acting Chief Engineman Alexander William Gibson, L/X.426 E.U., H.M.S.

“ BadgerSecond Hand John William Leask, LT/JX.265406, H.M.S. “ Thistle ” .Chief Shipwright Herbert William Holwell, D/MX.46922, H.M.S. “ Eland ” .Chief Shipwright Edwin Jesse Perrin, C/346899, H.M.S. “ Wasp ” .Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Charles Henry Cossins, P/M.5846, H.M.S. “ Spartiate ” . Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Percy Francis Gisbert Harling, P/M.51944, Royal

Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Idsworth.Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Clifford John Scoble, D/M.39283, H.M.S. “ Norfolk Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer John Stranks, C/M.3527, Royal Naval Hospital,

Chatham.Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Bertram Ellwood Stubbs, P/M.18411, H.M.S.

“ ProserpineChief Petty Officer Writer Norman Ayre, C/MX.47547, H.M.S. “ Pembroke Chief Petty Officer W riter Frederick John Bossom, D/MX.45833, H.M.S. “ Drake Chief Petty Officer W riter Charles Arthur Genge, C/347964, H.M.S. “ Pembroke ” . Chief Petty Officer W riter Aubrey MacGregor Oakford, P/MX.46369, H.M.S.

“ St. Angelo ” .Chief Petty Officer W riter John Henry Pearcy, C/M.27007, H.M.S. “ President IH ” . Chief Petty Officer W riter Frederick Sidney Perrott, D/MX.45463, “ H.M.S.

“ Drake ” .Chief Petty Officer Writer Arthur Joseph Smith, C/M.37181, Office of A.C.R. Chief Petty Officer W riter Reginald Herbert Tomlin, C/M.25560, H.M.S.

“ PembrokeChief Petty Officer Writer Charles Tunstall, P/MX.47195, Royal Naval Barracks,

Portsmouth.Supply Chief Petty Officer Frederick James Clark, D/M.39183, H.M.S. “ Renown Supply Chief Petty Officer Edward Thomas Finlay Jezzard, C/343412, Patrol

Service Central Depot, Lowestoft.Supply Chief Petty Officer Em est Sidney Johnson, R.C.N.40432, H.M.C.S.

“ Iroquois ” .

7 3248Supply Chief Petty Officer Edward Winston Kimber, P/MX.47415, H.M.S.

“ Frobisher ” .Supply Chief Petty Officer Joseph Eric White, P/MX.450673, H.M.S. “ St. Angelo Supply Chief Petty Officer (now W arrant Supply Officer) Charles Thomas Wright,

C/M.38241, H.M.S. “ London Master-at-Arms Frank George Bowman, P/M.35739, H.M.S. “ Pleiades Master-at-Arms Percy Scargill Burton, P/M.35783, H.M.S. “ Spartiate ” . Master-at-Arms Leonard Charles Chappell, P/M.39817, H.M.S. “ Glasgow Master-at-Arms Frank Joseph Dahl, C/M.36383, H.M.S. “ Daedalus I I Master-at-Arms William George Miller, P/M.39163, H.M.S. “ Aggressive ” . Master-at-Arms Walter Geoffrey Phillips, P/M.40186, H.M.S. “ Philoctetes I I Master-at-Arms James Walsh, C/M.39723, H.M.S. “ Pembroke Chief Petty Officer Cook (S) Ernest John Cooke, D/MX.49356, H.M.S. “ Ambrose Chief Petty Officer Cook (S) William James Wing, D/MX.57291, H.M.S. “ Western

IslesChief Petty Officer Cook Em est Francis Symons, D/M.12282, H.M.S. “ Saunders Chief Petty Officer Steward William Stephen Fincher, C/L.13845, Staff of Com-

mander-in-Chief, Home Fleet.Chief Petty Officer Steward Emmanuel Zahra, Malta E/LX.21160, H.M.S. " Lanka Engine Room Artificer Third Class George William Hockney, P/MX.61611, H.M.S.

“ NileChief Wren Clare Ellen Vaughan, 11540, W.R.N.S. Central Training Depot.Chief Wren Cook (S) Kathleen May Kimber, 619, W.R.N.S., H.M.S. “ Excellent Chief Wren Cook Mary Buchan Matches, 9208, W.R.N.S., H.M.S. “ Monster Sergeant (Acting Regimental Sergeant Major) Em est John Belcher, R.M., Po.X.252,

41 R.M. Commando.Colour Sergeant (Acting Temporary Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant) Edward

William Syrett, R.M., Ch.X.180, Special Service Group Signals.Colour Sergeant George Robert Burden, R.M., Ply.X.92, R.M. Depot, Deal. Temporary Sergeant (Acting Temporary Colour Sergeant) Frederick H unt, R.M.,

Po.212897 (Duty a t No. 10, Downing Street).Sergeant (Acting Temporary Colour Sergeant) Albert Edwin Best, R.M., Ply.X.189,

M.N.B.D.O. n .Sergeant (Acting Temporary Colour Sergeant) James Gardner, R.M., Po.19435,

19th Battalion, R.M.Temporary Corporal (Acting Temporary Colour Sergeant) Thomas Robinson, R.M.,

Po.X .101324, 47 R.M. Commando.Petty Officer William Edisbury, D /J .111416, H.M.S. “ Wildfire Petty Officer Oliver Conway Edwards, P /J .15490, H.M.S. “ Forward ” .Petty Officer Robert Greig, R /JX .177411, H.M.D. “ Bountiful ” .Petty Officer H arry George Hoskins, P/JX.130516, H.M.S. “ FrobisherPetty Officer Wdliam Archie Keeler, P/238093, H.M.S. “ FoxPetty Officer William Thomas Millman, D/JX.133595, H.M.S. “ Cormorant ” .Petty Officer John Henry Mulley, C/213050, H.M.S. “ Shrapnel Petty Officer William Reay, D/6823 C., H.M.S. “ Atreus ” .Petty Officer Alec John Smith, P/JX.127372, H.M.S. “ Nelson ” .Petty Officer Sydney Horace Tonkin, P/J.109981, H.M.S. “ Exmouth Petty Officer James Henry Warran, D/JX.134002, H.M.S. “ St. Angelo ” for

advanced Coastal Forces.Petty Officer Albert James Webb, P/J.112438, H.M.S. “ Howe ”.Temporary Petty Officer Robert Stanley Childs, P/SSX.23352, H.M.S. “ Dahlia ”. Temporary Petty Officer Dennis Fitzsimmons, X.18678 A., H.M.S. “ Euphrates Temporary Petty Officer W alter Victor Holdway, D /J .107038, H.M.S. “ Rodney Acting Petty Officer (A) Arthur John Scott Neiler, P/J.106844, H.M.S. “ Raven Temporary Yeoman of Signals Joseph Hothersall, C/JX.230749, H.M.S. “ Anson Petty Officer Telegraphist William Compton, C/J.40692, Whitehall W /T Station. Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class Leonard Nash, P/MX.79287, H.M.S.

“ LeonidasStoker Petty Officer Leslie Alfred Baker, P/KX.92971, H.M.S. “ Nelson Stoker Petty Officer Clement Byrne Delany, D/KX.79177, H.M.S. “ Renown Stoker Petty Officer Em est Richard Relland Lock, D/K. 13654, H.M.S. “ Forte Mechanician First Class Arthur John Barber, C/K.66942, H.M.S. “ Jay ” . Mechanician First Class William George Welch, P/K.66735, H.M.S. “ King

George V ”.Petty Officer Air Mechanic Joseph Boyle, FAA/FX.75213, H.M.S. “ V ulture” .

. Petty Officer Wireman Ronald Douglas Lee, C/MX.65247, H.M.S. “ St. Tudno ” .

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Sick Berth Petty Officer William Hodgson, R.N.A.S.B.R., D/SBR.2436, R.N.H., Plymouth.

Sick Berth Petty Officer Reginald George Young, P/M.21585, H.M.S. “ King Alfred

Temporary Sick Berth Petty Officer Herbert Ernest Brice, D/SBR/X.6117, M.N.B.D.O. II.

Supply Petty Officer George James Walford, C/MX.59765, H.M.S. “ Hasdrubal ” . Temporary Supply Petty Officer Irwin Henry Binnington, P/MX.50199, H.M.S.

“ Marshal Soult ” .Temporary Regulating Petty Officer Thomas Alfred Dickinson, C/MX.52432,

H.M.S. “AnsonPetty Officer Wren Henrietta Cameron, 2105, W.R.N.S., H.M.S. “ Spartiate Petty Officer Wren Anna Lang Leithead, 12925, W.R.N.S., H.M.S. “ Ferret Petty Officer Wren Rosalind Kathleen Stratford, 1545, W.R.N.S., H.M.S. “ Drake Petty Officer Wren Steward (O) Agnes Moyes, 2247, W.R.N.S., H.M.S. “ Proserpine ” . Temporary Quartermaster Sergeant William Robert Ransome, Po.215507, R.M.,

M.N.B.D.O. II.Sergeant (Temporary) (Acting Temporary Quartermaster Sergeant) W alter Henry

Lewis, R.M., Ex.4756, M.N.B.D.O. II.Sergeant Frederick Charles Barker, R.M., Po.X.404, H.M.S. “ Howe ” .Sergeant Herbert William Belson, R.M., Ch.24384, M.N.B.D.O. II.Sergeant Raymond George Cook, R.M., Ch.24385, Chatham R.M. Division.Sergeant William Darton Deeble, R.M., Ply.X.569, H.M.S. “ Hannibal ” .Sergeant (Temporary) John James Longwell, R.M., Ch.24818, M.N.B.D.O. II. Corporal (Temporary) (Acting Sergeant) Cecil Raymond Dinnage, R.M., Ply.21802,

H.M.S. “ Eaglet ” (Lower Willingdon, Sussex).Corporal (Temporary) (Acting Temporary Sergeant) Harold Roy Edmundson, R.M.,

Ex.556, M.N.B.D.O. II.Corporal (Acting Temporary Sergeant) Edward James Hardy, R.M., Po.X. 100398,

M.N.B.D.O. II.Temporary Corporal (Acting Temporary Sergeant) Samuel Shaw, R.M., Po.X.104771,

M.N.B.D.O. II.Temporary Corporal (Acting Temporary Sergeant) Victor Harold Sproston, R.M.,

Ply./X .101415, M.N.B.D.O. II.Temporary Acting Leading Seaman George Richard Swift, C/JX. 125902, R.M.L.

“ 513Leading Telegraphist Stanley James Martin, C/J.20891, R .F.R., H.M.S. “ Beaver.” Temporary Acting Leading Stoker Humphrey Hicks, D/KX.111967, H.M.S.

“ FuriousTemporary Acting Leading Stoker Patrick McDonnell, P/KX.127431, R.M.L.

“ 529 ”.Leading Wren Amy Allan Paton, 11281, W.R.N.S., H.M.S. “ Mercury II ”.Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) John Thomas Moore, R.M., Ply.X.120402(T),

19th Battalion R.M.Able Seaman Alban Joseph Barnes, D /JX .201715, R.M.L. “ 496 ”.Able Seaman Owen Brooks, C/J.55464, H.M.S. “ KentAble Seaman William James Jackson, P/JX.182187, H.M.S. “ HydrangeaTelegraphist Bertie John Wheatley, C/JX .248191, M.L. “ 290Stoker First Class Thomas Atherton, LT/K X .105630, H.M.T. “ Duncton ” .Stoker Robert Bernard Wilson, LT/KX. 140882, H.M.S. “ Sir John Hawkins ” .Sick Berth Attendant William Ogden, P/MX.80664, R.M.L. “ 513 Ordinary Seaman George Walton, D /JX .345076, R.M.L. “ 512 ”.Ordinary Telegraphist Dan Glyndwr Powell, D /JX .247065, R.M.L. “ 514 ”.Marine Thomas Nelson, R.M., Ply.X .102809, M.N.B.D.O. II.

The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of his Majesty’s Birthday, and on the advice of New Zealand Ministers, to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Military Division) toMaster a t Arms Thomas William Hughes, R.N.Z.N.

9 3248A d m i r a l t y ,

Whitehall,8th June, 1944.

The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to approve the following awards for gallantry or outstanding service in th e face of the enemy, or for zeal, patience and cheerfulness in dangerous waters, and for setting an example of wholehearted devotion to duty, upholding the high tradition of the Royal Navy :—

Bar to the Distinguished Service Order :Captain William Scott Bardwell, D.S.O., M.V.O., R.N., (Ret.), H.M.S. “ Colonsay

Bar to the Distinguished Service Cross :Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Wynyard Paul Bush, D.S.C., R.N.V.R.»

F.S. “ ParisLieutenant Herbert Anthony John Hollings, D.S.C., R.N., M.T.B. “ 234 ” .

The Distinguished Service Cross Commander the Honourable David Edwardes, R.N., H.M.S. “ Warspite ” . Commander Charles Woollven Greening, R.N., H.M.S. “ Tyrian Commander Herbert Guy Abbott Lewis, R.N., H.M.S. “ Jason ” .Commander Philip Herbert Earle Welby-Everard, R.N., H.M.S. “ Belfast ” . Commander Charles Everard Hughes White, D.S.O., R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S. P.C. “ 74 Acting Commander Lord Teynham, R.N., H.M.S. “ Marshal Soult ” .Acting Commander Frederick Alfred George Hunter, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Leigh ” . Acting Commander Harold Edward Morison, R.D., R.N.R. (Ret.), H.M.S. “ Leigh Commander (E) Frank Roberts, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S. “ Colombo Acting Commander (E) Hereward White, R.N., H.M.S. “ Jervis ” . Lieutenant-Commander John Edward Jow itt, R.N., H.M.S. “ Dido ” . Lieutenant-Commander Colin Colenso Martell, R.N., H.M.S. “ Valiant ” . Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth W alter Michell, R.N., H.M.S. “ Raider Lieutenant-Commander John Malcolm Rodgers, R.N., H.M.S. “ Vesper ” . Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander John Diack Craighead, R.N.R., H.M.T.

“ Cambridgeshire ” .Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Frank Tasker, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ St.

Tudno ” .Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth Egremont Anson Bayley,

R.N.V.R., M.G.B. “ 659 Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander W alter Haliburton Gibbs, R.N.V.R.,

H.M.T. “ Grampian ” .Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander John Fleming Linn, R.N.V.R., H.M.T.

“ Oku ” .Tempoarv Acting Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Finlay Primrose Swan, R.N.V.R.,

M.M'.S. “ 1003 ” .Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Ronald McKauge, R.A.N.V.R., H.M.S.

~ “ Saunders ” .Lieutenant-Commander (A) Anthony Jex-Blake Forde, R.N., H.M.S. “ Illustrious ” . Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (E) John Law, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Prince

Charles ” .Lieutenant Michael Patrick Pollock, R.N., H.M.S. “ Norfolk Lieutenant Henry Batten Poustie, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Inglefleld ” .Temporary Lieutenant William Leslie Turner, Iji.N.R., H.M.S. “ Heather ” . Lieutenant Robert Hunter Davison, R.N.V.R., M.L. “ 464 Lieutenant Alasdair Forbes Ferguson, R.N.V.R., S.S. “ Duchess of Bedford Temporary Lieutenant Joseph William Sloan Allison, R.N.V.R., H.M.T. “ Amroth

CastleTemporary Lieutenant Francis John Blowers, R.N.V.R., M.M.S. “ 220 ” .Temporary Lieutenant Frank Chester, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Honeysuckle Temporary Lieutenant Ronald Eric Cunningham, R.N.V.R., M.T.B. “ 628 ” . Temporary Acting Lieutenant Keith Julyan Day, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Belfast ” . Temporary Lieutenant Thomas William Ceri Fisher, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Starling Temporary Lieutenant Ronald Edward Hawker, R.N.V.R., H.M.T. “ Avola ” . Temporary Lieutenant John Francis Johns, R.N.V.R., H.M.T. “ Clevela ” . Temporary Lieutenant Maxwell Low, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Alexandrite

^ Temporary Lieutenant Peter Reid, R.N.V.R., M.M.S. “ 50 ” .'^^ .T em porary Lieutenant Charles Throgmorton Ball, R.A.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Qualicum” .

'^■'Temporary Lieutenant William Miles Marley, R.A.N.V.R., M.T.B. “ 613Temporary Lieutenant Maurice Leigh Newman, R.N.Z.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Bermuda Paymaster Lieutenant Charles Patrick Danby Hunter, R.N., H.M.S. “ Aurora Temporary Lieutenant (A) Allan George Blanchard, R.N.V.R., H.M.S: “ Furious ” . Temporary Lieutenant (E) William Alexander Bell, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Fleetwood ”

(Sheemess, Kent).Temporary Lieutenant (E) Robert Fingland Tunnbull, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Palomares” . Temporary Lieutenant (E) Albert Edward Heydon, R.N.V.R., 58th L.C.A. Flotilla. Temporary Instructor Lieutenant Donald MacDonald Macphee, M.A., R.N.,

H.M.S. “ BelfastActing Skipper Lieutenant James Walter Morris, R.N.R., 2669 W.S., H.M.T.

“ Ambroise Pare ” .Temporary Skipper Hans Albert Jensen, R.N.R., T.S. 734, H.M.T. “ Ebor Wyke Temporary Skipper James Moore, R.N.R., T.S.627, H.M.T. “ Bernard Shaw ” . Temporary Skipper Jasper Alfred Stanberry Pidgeon, R.N.R., 579 T.S., H.M.S.

“ Raglan CastleTemporary Sub-Lieutenant Thomas Graham Hughes, R.N.V.R., M.T.B. “ 417 ” . Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant John Boyd Williamson, R.N.V.R., H.M.S.

“ Penelope ”.Mr. Charles Henry Reynolds, Temporary Gunner, R.N., H.M.S. “ Sheffield ” .Mr. George Healy Trend, Commissioned Engineer, R.N., H.M.S. “ Croome ” .Mr. Joseph Henry Tylor, Temporary W arrant Engineer, R.N., H.M.S. “ Sutton ” . Mr. Stanley Victor Heaton, W arrant Mechanician, R.N., H.M.S. “ Espiegle Mr. Henry Brown, Temporary W arrant Mechanician, R.N., H.M.S. “ Wishart ” .

The Distinguished Service Medal :Chief Petty Officer Barnard Dickenson, C/J.108853, H.M.S. “ Warspite ” .Chief Petty Officer Thomas Henry Edmonds, C/J.105242, H.M.S. “ Euryalus ” . Chief Petty Officer William James Johnson, D/J.84947, H.M.S. “ Duke of York Chief Petty Officer Frederick Arthur Meager, P/J.41891, H.M.S. “ Gentian Chief Petty Officer Cyril Charles Mitchell, C/J.99549, H.M.S. “ Speedwell ” .Chief Petty Officer (Second Hand), William Henry Roberts, LT/JX.212564,

H.M.T. “ AcaciaChief Petty Officer John Taylor, C/JX.162324, H.M.S. “ Puffin ”.Chief Yeoman of Signals Reginald John Luchford, C/J.107345, H.M.S. “ Hurricane Chief Yeoman of Signals Edward Joseph Walshe, C/J.51277, H.M.C.S. “ Saskat­

chewan ” .Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Donald Alexander Yates, D/J.111764, H.M.S.

“ Fame ” .Chief Engine Room Artificer John Clsment Dixon, C/M.18327, H.M.S. “ Hursley Chief Engine Room Artificer Edward George Mortimore Harris, C/M.35349, H.M.S.

“ Kellett ,Chief Engine Room Artificer William John Collings Wright, D/MX.45259, H.M.S.

“ FemieActing Chief Engine Room Artificer Stanley George Gaskell, P/MX.57132, H.M.S.

“ DouglasChief Stoker Charles Jacobs, D/KX.61274, H.M.S. “ Duke of York Chief Stoker Sydney Walter Roots, C/K.37014, H.M.S. “ Harrier ”.Chief Stoker Frederick James Stuttaford, D/K.56062, H.M.S. “ Hesperus ”.Chief Ordnance Artificer William Oscar Greatorex, D/MX.48660, H.M.S. “ Valiant Chief Mechanician Herbert Ernest Henry Checksfield, C/K.63928, H.M.S.

“ Euryalus ”,Chief Mechanician George Edward Hutchinson, C/K.58510, H.M.S. “ Saltash Chief Motor Mechanic William Arthur Bert Neville, C/MX.67529, M.L. “ 555 ” . Chief Engineman Arthur Cecil Clementson, LT/KX. 124843, M.M.S. “ 62 Chief Engineman John Coull, X.402 E.U., H.M.T. “ Gweal Chief Engineman James Samuel Hill, LT/X.397 E.T., H.M.T. “ Braconmoor Chief Engineman Fred Morris, LT/X.279 E.U., H.M.S. “ Coriolanus Chief Engineman Harry Francis Reade, LT/KX.101620, R.N.P.S., H.M.T.

“ Alamndine ”.Second Hand Lewis Henry Binns, LT/JX.224360, H.M.T. “ Typhoon Second Hand John Edward Freer, LT/JX .210702, H.M.T. “ Equerry Second Hand Horace Broderick Laity, LT/X.7574 C., R.N.R., M.M.S. “9”.Second Hand James Mercer Thomson, LT/JX.217841, M.M.L. “ 229 Temporary Supply Chief Petty Officer Roderick Ivor Hughes, C/MX.47165,

H.M.S. “ Warspite

11 3248Engine Room Artificer Third Class Frank Percy Boulton, B.E.M., C/MX.73612,

H.M.S. “ EskimoEngine Room Artificer Third Class Arthur Victor Gilbert, P/MX.78034, H.M.S.

“ QuantockEngine Room Artificer Third Class William Charles Woodland, D/MX.65378,

H.M.S. “ Mackay ”.Electrical Artificer Third Class Frederick John Noad, P/MX.53847, H.M.S.

“ Aurora ” .Ordnance Artificer Third Class Albert Leslie Claridge, P/MX.55693, H.M.S. “ Sirius Petty Officer Alfred Charles Almond, P/J.110717, M.L. “ 126 ” .Petty Officer Edwin Rothwell Bath, P /J .101608, H.M.S. “ Exmoor ” .Petty Officer Alfred Edward Victor Cadman, LT/JX.210798, H.M.T. “ Seaby ” . Petty Officer William Gabriel, D/JX.125585, H.M.S. “ Illustrious ” .Petty Officer Alfred Ling, C/IX.136199, H.M.S. “ L oyal” .Petty Officer William Herbert John Logie, D /J. 113477, H.M.S. “ Vidette Petty Officer Ernest Llewellyn Murt, X.9964 B., M.M.S. “ 64 ” .Petty Officer Albert George Ralph, P/J.113293, H.M.S. “ PenelopePetty Officer Adolphus Augustus Rayner, C/JX.134861, H.M.S. “ DulvertonPetty Officer Stanley Gibson Stead, LT/JX.166257, H.M.S. “ Imperialist ” .Acting Petty Officer Antonio Joseph Carmelo Bartolomew Publio De’Battista,

M alta/JX. 139290, H.M.S. “ T albo t”.Temporary Acting Petty Officer Arthur William Ayling, P/J.73290, D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Petty Officer Frank Theodore Botting, P/J.30354, D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Petty Officer Thomas Bray, P/J.92536.Temporary Acting Petty Officer Jack Jarvis Burnett, P/JX.97516, D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Petty Officer Arthur Edwin Ernest Chapman, D /JX . 172555,

D.E.M.S.Temporary Acting Petty Officer Gerald Wilfred Griffin, C/J.52137, D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Petty Officer Dennis Norman Harvey, D/BDX.1696, D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Petty Officer Charles Henry James, P/SS.8983, D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Petty Officer John Henry Lakin, P /JX .204900, D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Petty Officer Alexander Macdonald, P/X.19253A, D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Petty Officer Thomas Peel, P/SS.10245, D.E.M.S.Temporary Acting Petty Officer Frank Potts, D/JX.218292, D.E.M.S.Acting Temporary Petty Officer Harold Alfred Douglas Turtle, P /JX .159958,

H.M.S. “ Prince Charles ” .Temporary Acting P e tty Officer George Henry Weaver, P/JX.165355, D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Petty Officer Ronald Weliby, C/JX.125502, D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Petty Officer William Thomas Williams, D/BDX.1391, D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Petty Officer William Woods, D/JX.181622, D.E.M.S.Yeoman of Signals Raymond Frederick Bennett, C/JX.171127, H.M.S. “ Eaglet Yeoman of Signals Robert Burns, D/J.87873, H.M.S. “ Eaglet ” .Yeoman of Signals John Bernard Catterall, C/JX.172308, H.M.S. “ Eaglet ” . Yeoman of Signals Frank Clarkson Coward, C/JX.186251, H.M.S. “ Eaglet ” . Yeoman of Signals Charles Joseph Harris, D/JX.132037, H.M.S. “ Bideford ” . Yeoman of Signals Wiliam Ernest Lovelock, P/JX.166154, H.M.S. “ Eaglet ” . Yeoman of Signals Josieph Patterson, D /JX. 134113, H.M.S. “ Eaglet ” .Yeoman of Signals Arthur Roberts, P/JX.131025, H.M.S. “ Brocklesby ” .Yeoman of Signals Sydney Frank Stevens, P/JX.164-927, H.M.S. “ Eaglet ” . Yeoman of Signals Robert Banks Stewart, C/JX.172056, H.M.S. “ Eaglet ” .Petty Officer Telegraphist Jesse Lilly, P/J.84401, H.M.S. “ Eaglet ” .Petty Officer Telegraphist James Russell Melrose, P/J.62858, H.M.S. “ Blencathra Petty Officer Telegraphist Ronald Mullins, P/JX.137004, H.M.S. “ Wrestler Petty Officer Telegraphist Clifford Relton, D /J. 86937, H.M.S. “ Eaglet ” .Petty Officer Telegraphist Eric Arthur Shove, P/JX.135998, H.M.S. “ Petard ” . Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class Denis Colclough, P/MX.72895, H.M.S. “ Swale Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class Eric Marsden, C/MX.66034, H.M.S. “ Loose­

strifeStoker Petty Officer Percy Luther Winter, C/KX.77911, H.M.S. “ Rochester P etty Officer Motor Mechanic Alan Richardson, C/MX.67430, M.L. “ 135 ” . Engineman William Donaldson Geddes, LT/KX.105079, H.M.S. “ Kingscourt ” . Engineman Arthur Edward Nessling, LT/KX. 105085, H.M.Y. “ Alouette I I ” . Blacksmith First Class William Richard John Baker, C/MX.45192, H.M.S.

“ Mauritius ” .Petty Officer Storekeeper Norman Gilbert, NAP/R.225334, H.M.S. “ Hilary ” . Sergeant Leonard George Stone, R.M., Ply.22325, H.M.S. “ Valiant ” .

3248 12Acting Temporary Sergeant Arthur John Kerslake, R.M., Ply.17813, D.E.M.S. Acting Temporary Sergeant William Edward Sweetingham, R.M., Ch.19179,

D.E.M.S.Leading Seaman Frank Joseph Colyer, LT/JX.265448, M.M.S. “ 29Leading Seaman Frank Kitchener Hannaford, LT/JX.164780, H.M.T. “ Drummer

BoyLeading Seaman Herbert Robert Kingman, D/JX.132507, H.M.S. “ Escapade ” . Leading Seaman Dennis Sharpe, LT/JX.219679, H.M.T. “ Suma Leading Seaman Robert John Sutton, LT/JX.221517, H.M.T. “ Delapole Leading Seaman George Thresh, LT/JX. 167133, H.M.S. “ Olive ” .Leading Seaman George Woolgar, LT/JX.185342, H.M.T. “ Pine Temporary Leading Seaman Kenneth Royston Ward, ’ P/JX.189097, H.M.S.

“ CampbellTemporary Acting Leading Seaman Henry Greear, P/JX.213201, D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Harold Neal, P/JX.227885, D.E.M.S.Convoy Leading Signalman Albert Edward Rudkin, C/LD/X.4212, H.M.S. “ Leigh Leading Signalman Arthur Dryden, C/JX.228640, H.M.S. “ Eaglet Acting Leading Signalman Raymond Vincent Felix Collins, D/JX.145155, M.T.B.

“ 619Leading Telegraphist Frederick James Stubbs, P/J.54903, H.M.S. “ Bluebell Leading Stoker William Isaac Phillips, D/KX.81430, H.M.S. “ Britomart ” .Able Seaman Allan Bell, D /JX .288212, M.L. “ 291 Able Seaman Frederick Hodge, D /J.43381, H.M.S. “ Blackmore Able Seaman Frederick Stanley Martin, D/X.10051 B., R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Sala­

mander ” .Able Seaman Arthur Em est Metheringham, P/JX.184025, M.T.B. “ 238 ” .Able Seaman Harry Starkie Openshaw, D /JX .256560, H.M.S. “ Lookout ” .Able Seaman H arry William Payne, C/J.115134, H.M.S. “ DidoAble Seaman Henry Sinclair McKenzie Riddell, D/SSX.15763, H.M.S. “ Kittiwake ”,Acting Able Seaman Frederick Charles Hammond, P/JX.268355, D.E.M.S.Telegraphist Leslie Denzil Adams, D/JX.262229, M.L. “ 346Telegraphist Austin James Brown, D/JX.261088, R.M.L. “ 499Telegraphist Edwin John William Slater, C/WRX.1213, M.T.B. “ 620Stoker First Class Daniel Bruce, P/K X .89445, H.M.S. “ Laforey ” .Stoker First Class Alfred Edward Cringle, LT/KX. 100530, M.M.S. “ 67 Seaman Kenneth Gilley, LT/JX .205472, H.M.T. “ Cornelian ” .Seaman Gwilym Henry John, LT/JX .280158, H.M.T. “ Asie Seaman Charles James Lydiate, LT/JX.226250, H.M.T. “ Neave Seaman Kenneth MacKinnon, D/X. 18899 A., H.M.S. “ Polman ” ,Seaman John William Smith, LT/JX .242010, H.M.T. “ Solon Musician Edgar Falcon Pain, R.M.B./X.246, H.M.S. “ Bermuda ” .

M ention in DespatchesCaptain William Halford Selby, D.S.C., R.N., H.M.S. “ Onslaught ” .Commander Edward Cresswell Bayldon, D.S.C., R.N., H.M.S. “ Hurricane Commander Henry Norman Scott Brown, O.B.E., R.N., H.M.S. “ Jamaica ” . Commander John Paul Guido Bryant, R.N., H.M.S. “ Furious Commander Edward Tyndale Cooper, D.S.O., R.N., H.M.S. “ Duke of York ” . Commander Vernon D ’Arcy Donaldson, R.N., H.M.S. “ Frobisher ” .Commander Christopher Haynes Hutchinson, D.S.O., R.N., H.M.S. “ Talbot ” . Commander Kenyon Harry Terrell Peard, R.N., H.M.S. “ Norfolk ” .Commander Edward Fowle Pizey, D.S.O., R.N., H.M.S. “ Maidstone ” .Acting Commander Arthur Hugh Wynne-Edwards, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S. “ Hound ”. Commander (E) Geoffrey Arthur Dyson Cooper, R.N., H.M.S. “ Valiant ” . Commander (E) Henry John Bedford Grylls, R.N., H.M.S. “ Duke of York ”. Commander (E) Frederick Hugh Phillips, R.N., H.M.S. “ Maidstone Commander (E) Philip Cardwell Taylor, R.N., H.M.S. “ Kenya Acting Paymaster Commander Howard Louis Spurrier, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Mauritius”. Major (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) Em est John Woodington, R.M., M.N.B.D.O. II. Major (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) Archibald John Wright, R.M., M.N.B.D.O. II. Lieutenant-Commander Adrian James Dent, R.N., H.M.S. “ Rodney ” . Lieutenant-Commander Rupert Christopher Oswald Hill, R.N. (Ret.), H.M.S.

“ FuriousActing Lieutenant-Commander Cyril William Armstrong, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Cocka­

trice

13 3248Acting Lieutenant-Commander Charles William Leadbetter, R.N.R., H.M.S.

“ Oxlip ” .Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Leonard Rupert Curtis, R.N.V.R.,

200th L.C.I. (S) Flotilla.Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Harold Graham King, R.N.V.R.,

H.M.S. “ Salamander ” .Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Stephen Francis Rothon, R.N.V.R.,

H.M.T. “ Tamora ” .Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander John Douglas Tooms, R.N.V.R.,

H.M.S. “ MosquitoActing Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Hugh Shaw Mayne, R.C.N.V.R.,

M.M.S. “ 14 ” .Lieutenant-Commander (E) Geoffrey William Tanner, R.N., H.M.S. “ Tyrian ” . Lieutenant-Commander (E) Francis Leslie Tewkesbury, R.N., H.M.S. “ Guardian ” . Lieutenant-Commander (E) George Henry Ashby, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Antwerp Acting Lieutenant-Commander (E) James Bowman, D.S.C., R.N.R., H.M.S.

“ PaladinTemporary Lieutenant-Commander (E) Thomas John Sweett, R.N.R., H.M.S.

“ Battler ” .Temporary Captain (Acting Temporary Major) Phillip John Ryves Harding, R.M.,

M.N.B.D.O. I I .Lieutenant (Acting Major) John Patrick Kelly, D.S.M., R.M.Temporary Captain (Acting Temporary Major) Hugh Lindsay, R.M., M.N.B.D.O. H. Temporary Captain (Acting Temporary Major) Richard Henry Chase Taylor, R.M. The Reverend Christian James Stubbs, Chaplain, R.N., H.M.S. “ Warspite ” . Lieutenant Peter John Bayne, R.N., Staff of Captain M/S., Mediterranean. Lieutenant Montague Keith Burnett, R.N., H.M.S. “ Jamaica Lieutenant Michael Guy Chichester, R.N., H.M.S. “ Onslow Lieutenant Anthony Mervyn Cole-Hamilton, R.N., H.M.S. “ Brecon Lieutenant Robert Allistair Gilchrist, R.N., H.M.S. “ Brocklesby ” .Lieutenant Edward Melvill Brodie Hoare, R.N., H.M.S. “ Ready ”.Lieutenant Brian Mortimer Duncan I ’Anson, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “ Meynell Lieutenant Richard Burgess Micheli, D.S.C., R.N., H.M.S. “ Sidmouth ” . • Lieutenant William Donough O’Brien, D.S.C., R.N., H.M.S. “ Cottesmore ” . Lieutenant Thomas Wathen Stocker, R.N., H.M.S. “ Blackmore ” .Lieutenant Alan Frank Buckland Stuart, R.N., H.M.S. “ Rochester ” .Lieutenant James Antony Syms, D.S.C., R.N., H.M.S. “ Loyal ” .Lieutenant James Denis Williams, R.N., H.M.S. “ Tumult ” .Lieutenant Leslie Willoughby Green, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Haslemere ” .Temporary Lieutenant Peter Mackenzie Chadwick, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Heather ” . Temporary Lieutenant Walter Gibson, R.N.R., M.L. “ 273 ” .Temporary Lieutenant Richard Christopher Stancliffe Hurst, R.N.R., H.M.S.

“ Warspite ” .Lieutenant Robert Bird, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Musketeer Lieutenant John Edward Blackmore, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Opportune Lieutenant Ronald Parkyn Booth, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Eggesford Lieutenant Charles Russell Dunlop, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Kenya Lieutenant Robert George Eburah, R.N.V.R., M.T.B. “ 88 ” .Temporary Lieutenant Derek Cecil Spring, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Matchless Lieutenant William Williamson, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Loosestrife ” .Temporary Lieutenant Jack Preston Alton, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Goth ” .Temporary Lieutenant Carl Brunning, R.N.V.R., H.M.T. “ Darthema ” .Temporary Lieutenant George Symington Carlow, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Hesperus ” . Tempbrary Lieutenant Robert Henry Woodgate Carter, R.N.V.R., H.M.S.

“ VerdunTemporary Lieutenant Norman Ernest Colland, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Hussar ” . Temporary Lieutenant Walter Couper, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Kittiwake Temporary Lieutenant Frank Darton, R.N.V.R., M.M.S. “ 24 Temporary Lieutenant James Galloway Fletcher, R.N.V.R., M.T.B. “ 669 ” . Temporary Lieutenant Thomas George Stanley Hall, R.N.V.R., H.M.T. “ Righto Temporary Lieutenant William Grange Harding, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Pangboume Temporary Lieutenant Herbert Frank Harvey, R.N.V.R., M.M.S. “ 56 Temporary Lieutenant Francis Arthur Hawkins, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Hydra Temporary Lieutenant Gerald Graham Dudley Head, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Rhyl Temporary Lieutenant William Dennis Hosking, R.N.V.R., M.M.S. “ 175 Temporary Lieutenant John Hudspeth, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Shikari ” .

r

Temporary Lieutenant Horatio Sidney Lee, R.N.V.R., H.M.T. “ Earl Essex Temporary Lieutenant Leonard Andrew Levey, R.N.V.R., M.M.S. “ 54 Temporary Lieutenant Eric John Lockett, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Zetland Temporary Lieutenant Edward Lyon, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Royal Ulsterman Temporary Lieutenant Harry Victor Harris Marks, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Adventure ” . Temporary Lieutenant John Henry Mathews, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Atreus Temporary Lieutenant (Admiral (Ret.)) the Honourable Sir Herbert Meade-

Fetherstonhaugh, G.C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O., R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Edward Lewis Neilson, R.N.V.R., H.M.T. “ Bracondene Temporary Lieutenant William Edward Sugden Robinson, R.N.V.R., H.M.S.

“ Speedwell ” .Temporary Lieutenant William Frederick Irvine Stephenson, R.N.V.R., H.M.S.

“ DahliaTemporary Lieutenant Charles Guy Vaughan-Lee, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Polruan Temporary Lieutenant Harry Williams Ward, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Hydra ” . Temporary Lieutenant Peter Charles Wilkinson, R.N.V.R., M.T.B. “ 612 Lieutenant John Sharp, R.A.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Harrow

"■^•Lieutenant Richard John Slattery, R.A.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Pentstemon ^■»Lieutenant Vere Gordon Thom, R.A.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Ledbury ” .

Lieutenant Alan Gardner, R.C.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Princess Beatrix Lieutenant (E) William Henry Arnold, R.N., H.M.S. “ Raider Temporary Lieutenant (E) Vernon Tuke Taylor, R.N., H.M.S. “ Wilton Temporary Lieutenant (E) Samuel Beresford Evitt, R.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant (E) Ronald Comer Foster Stockhill, R.N.R., H.M.S.

“ Ledbury ” ,Temporary Lieutenant (E) Gerald John Nicholson Limebeer, S.A.N.F.(V), H.M.S.

“ WaylandTemporary Surgeon Lieutenant Ian Hamilton Miller, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., R.N.V.R.,

M.N.B.D.O. n .Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant Geoffrey Holker Murray, M.B., Ch.B., R.N.V.R.,

H.M.S. “ Harrier ” .Paymaster Lieutenant Frederick Ronald Helwell, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Princes»

BeatrixTemporary Acting Paymaster Lieutenant John Gustavus Ralph W arburton, R.N.R.,

H.M.S. “ PalomaresTemporary Lieutenant (Acting Temporary Captain) (Quartermaster) Henry Charles

Smith, R.M., M.N.B.D.O. H .Acting Temporary Skipper Lieutenant George H attan, D.S.C., R.N.R., 141 T.S.,

H.M.T. “ Commander Evans Acting Temporary Skipper Lieutenant Thomas Ferens, R.N.R., 176 T.S., H.M.S.

“ CapstoneActing Temporary Skipper Lieutenant Henry French, R.N.R., 252 T.S., H.M.S.

“ EmberleyActing Skipper Lieutenant George Henry Green, R.N .R’, 2848, W.S., M.M.S. “ 189 ” . Acting Temporary Skipper Lieutenant Thomas Richardson Robinson, R.N.R.,

T.S. 253, M.M.S. “ Merasheen Acting Chief Skipper Henry James Barnard, R.N.R., 2729 W.S., H.M.T. “ Ben

DeargSkipper Percy Robert Smith Besford, R.N.R., 3475 W.S., H.M.T. “ Loch Buie Temporary Skipper Stanley James Cutts, R.N.R., 643 T.S., H.M.D. “ Swiftwing ” . Temporary Skipper Jorjes Laurids Larsen, R.N.R., 1031 T.S., H.M.T. “ Brecon

CastleSub-Lieutenant Anthony David Casswell, R.N., H.M.S. “ Grenville ” .Sub-Lieutenant Edward Rex Chard, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Scorpion ” .Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Peter Desmond Parnell, R.N.R., H.M.S. “ Poole ” . Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Norman Benthall, R.N.V.R., M.T.B. “ 418 ” . Temporary Sub-Lieutenant John Harrison Burnett, R.N.V.R., “ F ” Support Craft

Squadron.Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Francis Kenneth Elkington, R.N.V.R., M.T.B. “ 436 Temporary Sub-Lieutenant George Thomas Bridges Stevens, R.N.V.R., M.M.S.

“ WidgeonTemporary Sub-Lieutenant Philip Arthur Joseph Sturge, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Fox ”,

M.T.B. “ 669 Lieutenant Arnold Bell, R.M., M.N.B.D.O. II.Mr. Edward Moore, Commissioned Gunner, R.N., H.M.S. “ Berwick Mr. William Frank Bailey, Gunner, R.N., H.M.S. “ Haydon

3248 14 15 3248Mr. Richard Tom Lidsey, Gunner, R.N., H.M.S. “ Erebus Mr. John Alan MacAllan, Gunner (T), R.N., H.M.S. “ Petard ” .Mr. George Frederick John Wilkinson, Commissioned Ordnance Officer, R.N.,

H.M.S. “ NelsonMr. Thomas Henry Davison, Commissioned Electrician, R.N., H.M.S. “ Howe Mr. Edward William Shepherd, Commissioned Electrician, R.N., H.M.S.

“ IllustriousMr. Cyril James Miller, Commissioned Cook, R.N., Staff of C.-in-C., Home Fleet. Mr. William Barker, W arrant Electrician; R.N., H.M.S. “ Renown Mr. Edwin Jones, W arrant Electrician, R.N., H.M.S. “ Delhi ” .Mr. William Arthur Smith, Temporary W arrant Electrician, R.N., H.M.S.

“ Euryalus ” .Mr. Ronald Douglas Martin, W arrant Shipwright, R.N., H.M.S. “ Ramillies Mr. W alter Edward Brocklebank, W arrant Ordnance Officer, R.N., H.M.S.

“ NewcastleMr. Gerald James William Licence, W arrant Ordnance Officer, R.N., H.M.S.

“ ValiantMr. Arthur William James Beckett, W arrant Engineer, R.N., H.M.S. “ Bermuda Mr. Francis Henry Rickard, W arrant Engineer, R.N., H.M.S. “ Anson Mr. George Babb, Temporary Acting W arrant Engineer, R.N., H.M.S. “ Seaham ” , Mr. Egbert Ernest Hodges, D.S.C., Temporary W arrant Engineer, R.N., H.M.S.

“ Kellett ” .Mr. Stephen Henry Kettlewell, Temporary W arrant Engineer, R.N., H.M.S.

“ Ready ”.Mr. Herbert Cecil Shepheard, Temporary W arrant Engineer, R.N., H.M.S. “ Albury” . Mr. John Reuben Adams, W arrant Mechanician, R.N., H.M.S. “ Suffolk Mr. Harold Healey, W arrant Mechanician, R.N., H.M.S. “ Bridlington ” .Mr. John Keating, W arrant Mechanician, R.N., H.M.S. “ KentMr. William Robert Kipling, W arrant Mechanician, R.N., H.M.S. “ Varbel ” .Chief Petty Officer Thomas Bodiield, D/J.106283, H.M.S. “ Duke of York ” ,Chief Petty Officer Leonard Arthur John Coombs, P/J.107664, H.M.S. “ Berwick Chief Petty Officer Ralph Cumberley, D/J.31509, H.M.S. “ Pangboume Chief Petty Officer Oakeley Arthur Davies, D/J.107225, H.M.S. “ Bermuda Chief Petty Officer John Francis Day, P/J.93888, H.M.S. “ Paladin Chief Petty Officer Ernest George Victor Dum, P /J .l 14482, H.M.S. “ Durban Chief Petty Officer Leonard William Ingram, C/J.93738, H.M.S. “ Princess Astrid Chief Petty Officer Frederick Wilham Merrett, C/J.104187, H.M.S. “ Delhi Chief Petty Officer Alfred Ernest Livens, D/J.10652, H.M.S. “ Atreus ” .Chief Petty Officer William Donald Alexander Morris, P/J.106975, H.M.S. “ Elgin Chief Petty Officer Michael John O’Leary, D/J.54851, H.M.S. “ Palomares (Bom

Dublin.)Chief Petty Officer Stanley Alfred Pearman, C/J.101216, H.M.S. “ Widgeon Chief Petty Officer Harold Head Pitman, D/J.98128, H.M.S. “ Kenya ” .Chief Petty Officer George Arthur Rossiter, P/J.108964, H.M.S. “ Mauritius ” , Chief Petty Officer Bevington Squibb, D/J.93743, H.M.S. “ Albury ” .Chief Petty Officer Percy Williams, D.S.M., D/JX.128178, H.M.S. “ Onslow ” . Acting Chief Petty Officer Beverly Arthur James Britnell, D /J. 108209, H.M.S.

“ MeteorActing Chief Petty Officer Arthur Clemesha, C/J.106451, H.M.S. “ Orwell (Bom

Ireland.)Acting Chief Petty Officer Arthur John Clover, P/J.102318, H.M.S. “ Ledbury Acting Chief Petty Officer Alfred Leslie Colton, P /JX . 130518, H.M.S. “ Brocklesby Acting Chief Petty Officer Thomas Grafton, C/JX.131533, H.M.S. “ Landguard ” . Acting Chief Petty Officer Cecil Hallett Hankcock, P/JX.126233, H.M.S. “ West­

minsterActing Chief Petty Officer Herbert George Samuel Marriott, P /J. 107726, H.M.S.

“ Enchantress ” .Temporary Chief Petty Officer William Merrill Montgomery, R.C.N.2561, H.M..C.S.

“ IroquoisTemporary Acting Chief Petty Officer Sydney James Pearce, P/JX.125859, H.M.S.1

“ EspiegleActing Chief Petty Officer Ernest Rushton, P/J.31343, H.M.S. “ Matchless Chief Yeoman of Signals Joseph Reginald Middleton, C/J. 103503, H.M.S. “ Trou-

bridgeChief Yeoman of Signals Stanley James Robinson, P /JX .131809, H.M.S. “ Battler

3248 16Chief Yeoman of Signals Eldridge Alfred James Upton, D.S.M., P/J.79448,

H.M.S. “ Warspite ” .Chief Engine Room Artificer Charles Victor Ball, P/MX.47229, H.M.S. “ Tumult Chief Engine Room Artificer Edwin Alfred Brooks, D/MX.47963, H.M.S. “ Fame Chief Engine Room Artificer Edward Henry Cherry, D/M.28754, H.M.S. “ Illus­

trious ” .Chief Engine Room Artificer George Henry Cole, C/M.27327, H.M.S. “ Balsam Chief Engine Room Artificer Harry Lionel Cook, P/M.36642, H.M.S. “ Elgin Chief Engine Room Artificer Edward Eaton, D.S.M., C/M.33275, H.M.S. “ Wayland” Chief Engine Room Artificer Kenneth Charles Bernard Ueake, C/M.38780, H.M.S.

“ DelhiChief Engine Room Artificer Frederick John Grimmer, D.S.M., C/MX.47134, H.M.S.

“ MusketeerChief Engine Room Artificer James William Hebbard, D.S.M., D/MX.46938,

H.M.S. “ JervisChief Engine Room Artificer George Stewart Killan, D.S.M., B.E.M., D/MX.46543,

H.M.S. “ Talbot ” .Chief Engine Room Artificer Gordon Frederick Thomas King, P/MX.54441, H.M.S.

“ CharlestownChief Engine Room Artificer Bertie James Nash, C/M.37661, H.M.S. “ Blackmore Chief Engine Room Artificer Ronald O’Brien, D.S.M., C/MX.48425, H.M.S.

“ SheffieldChief Engine Room Artificer Norman John Victor Pannell, P/M.39405, H.M.S.

“ EggesfordChief Engine Room Artificer Sydney Frederick Small, D/MX.49210, H.M.S.

“ InglefieldChief Engine Room Artificer Frank Harrison Whales, P/M.34460, H.M.S. “ King

George V ” .Chief Engine Room Artificer Griffith George Woodward, D/M.38813, H.M.S.

“ WiltonActing Chief Engine Room Artificer Leslie Albert A rthur Dumper, P/MX.49185,

H.M.S. “ Tetcott ” .Temporary Chief Engine Room Artificer James William Dornan, D/MX.52184,

H.M.S. “ Duke of York Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer David Albert Mutch, D/M.34928, H.M.S.

“ ValiantTemporary Chief Engine Room Artificer Charlie Rimmington, C/MX.47949, H.M.S.

“ MauritiusChief Stoker George Sidney Boyd, C/K.63232, H.M.S. “ LeithChief Stoker W alter Charles Frederick Bugg, C/K.50095, H.M.S. “ HaydonChief Stoker William Cheeseman, C/K.60596, H.M.S. “ OrwellChief Stoker Richard Stephenson Cross, C/K.63112, H.M.S. “ Mendip ” .Chief Stoker John Henry Charles Day, P/KX.76760, H.M.S. “ Jason ”.Chief Stoker John Arthur Fitzjohn, C/K.61000, H.M.S. “ Saltash Chief Stoker Stanley Gregory, P/KX.76781, H.M.S. “ Sutton ” .Chief Stoker Willaim John Hall, D/K.62159, H.M.S. “ Catterick ”.Chief Stoker Ernest William Hazell, P/K.59547, H.M.S. “ Ross Chief Stoker Matthew Jamieson, P/K.61433, H.M.S. “ Elgin ” .Chief Stoker Leslie Iverton, D/K.64343, H.M.S. “ Norfolk Chief Stoker Hugh McKenzie, P/K.64445, H.M.S. “ Howe ” .Chief Stoker Henry Charles Mapstone, C/K.65695, H.M.S. “ Stornoway ” .Chief Stoker Albert Marshall, C/K.65759, H.M.S. “ Kent *’.Chief Stoker Albert Lewis Francis Mills, D/KX.77173, H.M.S. “ Pytchlev Chief Stoker John William O’Hara, P/K .59273, H.M.S. “ Bridlington ”.Chief Stoker George Frederick Pond, P/KX.75666, H.M.S. “ Berwick ”.Chief Stoker Charles Wilson, C/K.59624, H.M.S. “ Crane ”.Temporary Chief Stoker Brynmawr Treharne, D/KX.76560, H.M.S. “ F o r th ” . Chief Electrical Artificer Reginald Corner, C/MX.46605, H.M.S. “ Wayland Chief Electrical Artificer John Ernest Denny, D.S.M., C/MX.4o614, H.M.S. “ Milne Chief Electrical Artificer Frederick Horace Frank Hornblow, JD.S.M., D/MX.45679,

H.M.S. “ NorfolkChief Electrical Artificer John Edwell Johnson, D/MX.46145, H.M.S. “ Forth Chief Electrical Artificer Richard Beever King, C/MX.47237, H.M.S. “ Euryalus Chief Electrical Artificer Second Class Frederick William Stacey, D.S.M., P/M.

37772, H.M.S. “ Penelope ” .Chief Ordnance Artificer Robert Wilson Dunn, C/M.35678,.H.M.S. “ London

17 3248Chief Ordnance Artificer Willie Edgar Scrimshaw, P/M.35580, H.M.S. “ Nelson Chief Ordnance Artificer William Herbert Woods, C/M.38611, H.M.S. “ Euryalus Chief Shipwright William Culf, C/MX.45372, H.M.S. “ Varbel Chief Shipwright Hugh Rigby Newton, C/M.6336, H.M.S. “ Wayland Chief Engineman James Yule Duthie, LT/KX.114248, M.M.S. “ 50 Chief Engineman David Gibb, LT/K X .l 13975, M.L. “ 221 ”.Chief Engineman James Nicholson, D.S.M., R.N.R., X.5929 E.S., H.M.S. “ Mull Chief Engineman Wilfred H arry Osborn, LT/KX. 124598, H.M.T. “ W ar Duke ”. Chief Engineman Gerald Joseph Prendiville, LT/KX. 105707, H.M.S. “ Fiaray Chief Engineman Edwin Harold Spooner, LT/K X .l 16784, H.M.T. “ Recono Chief Engineman Sidney Wells, D.S.M., L/KX. 108332, H.M.S. “ Twostep ” .Acting Chief Ensrineman Andrew James Paterson, LT/KX.109818, H.M.T.

“ Prophet ” .Acting Chief Petty Officer Engineman John Christopher White, LT/KX.98761,

H.M.T. “ KintyreActing Chief Motor Mechanic Joseph Brannen, P/MX.89896, R.M.L. “ 492 ” . Acting Chief Motor Mechanic James McGhie, P/MX.98205, M.T.B. “ 435 ” . Mechanician First Class Leslie Hubert Christopher, C/KX.79009, H.M.S. “ Warspite” Second Hand John James Drake, LT/JX.281445, M.M.S. “ 135 Second Hand Frank Pepper, LT /JX .174577, H.M.S. “ Miscou ” .Second Hand Donald Sutherland Smith, LT/JX.225107, H.M.T. “ Varanis ”.Second Hand Samuel Craik West, LT/JX .215772, H.M.T. “ Kings Grey ” .Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Philip Mumford Bond, C/M.36235, H.M.S. “ Sheffield” . Chief Petty Officer Writer William Noel Barley, C/MX.51102. Staff of R.A. 15th

Cruiser Squadron.Supply Chief Petty Officer Alfred George Adley, C/MX.45872, H.M.S. “ Mauritius ”. Supply Chief Petty Officer Charles Joseph Henry Bennett, D/M.37605, H.M.S.

“ Valiant ” .Supply Chief Petty Officer Frederick Charles Driskell, C/M.37875, H.M.S. “ Anson ”. Supply Chief Petty Officer Sidney Herbert Jones, C/K.23796, H.M.S. “ Wanderer ”. Supply Chief Petty Officer Cecil Harry Vassie, P/MX.45070, H.M.S. “ Glasgow Master-at-Arms Arthur Edward Roll, P/M.39931, H.M.S. “ Aurora ” . Master-at-Arms Ronald Randall Weaven, C/M.39719, H.M.S. “ London ” .Chief Petty Officer Cook (S) James Herbert Wright, D/M.12839, H.M.S. “ Duke of

York ” .Chief Cook Second Class Edward Shields, NAP/R.11906, H.M.S. “ Prince Charles ”.Chief Steward John Broom, NAP/1129762, H.M.S. “ Royal UlstermanEngine Room Artificer First Class Louis Bernard Desmares, C/M.39355, H.M.S.

“ Suffolk ” .Engine Room Artificer First Class Henry Penrose, D/M.2494, H.M.S. “ Cyclops ” . Engine Room Artificer Second Class Fleetwood Willingham Ould, D/MX.53034,

H.M.S. “ Renown ” .Engine Room Artificer Second Class Walter William Soper, P/MX.53272, H.M.S.

“ Adamant ” .Engine Room Artificer Third Class Ernest Walter Bastin, D/MX.54340, H.M.S.

“ Meteor ”.Engine Room Artificer Third Class John Norman Davies, D/SR.8840. H.M.S.

“ JamaicaEngine Room Artificer Third Class John Joseph Hennessey, D/MX.61871, H.M.S.

“ Salamander ”.Engine Room Artificer Third Class Arthur Gordon Morrell, P/MX.59349, H.M.S.

“ St. Angelo ” .Engine Room Artificer Third Class William Clifford Nesbit, D/SMX.26, H.M.S.

“ Rodney ” .Engine Room Artificer Third Class Stanley Gordon Pittock, C/MX.59898, H.M.S.

“ Aurora ”.Engine Room Artificer Edward Milburn Stephenson, X.2866 E.A., R.N.R., H.M.S.

“ Colombo ” .Engine Room Artificer Third Class Horace John Upfield, P/MX.51789. H.M.S.

“ Ramillies ”.Engine Room Artificer Henry Thomas White, P/MX.78691, H.M.S. “ Oxlip ” .Engine Room Artificer Third Class Alfred Leonard Wright, P/MX.61392, H.M.S.

“ Rothesay ” .Electrical Artificer First Class Francis Hulme, C/M.37747, H.M.S. “ Eskimo Electrical Artificer Second Class George Cressey, C./MX.48495, H.M.S. “ Ulster

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3248 18Electrical Artificer Third Class Frank Leonard Batch, C/MX.60104, H.M.S.

* “ Lamerton ” .Electrical Artificer Third Class Frederick James Dodd, D/MX.51810, H.M.S.

“ CatterickElectrical Artificer Third Class William Lonsdale, D/MX.62508, H.M.S. “ Pytchley Electrical Artificer Third Class William Joseph Richards, D/MX.60620, H.M.S.

“ ValiantOrdnance Artificer Third Class Gerance Banfield, D/MX.64419, H.M.S. “ Queen-

boro’Ordnance Artificer Third Class John Ivimy Emery, C/MX.49235, H.M.S.

“ LamertonOrdnance Artificer Third Class Em est Edward Hosking, D/MX.50887, H.M.S.

“ CattistockOrdnance Artificer Third Class Leslie Palmer, D/MX.61486, H.M.S. “ Onslaught Ordnance Artificer Third Class Arthur Rothwell, P/MX.62798, H.M.S. “ King

George VOrdnance Artificer Third Class William Smith, D/SR. 16077, H.M.S. “ Garth Ordnance Artificer James Watchom, C/MX.77379, H.M.S. “ Warspite ” . Shipwright First Class Richard Dagger, C/MX.45785, H.M.S. “ Harrier Temporary Colour Sergeant (Acting Temporary Company Sergeant-Major) Joseph

Henry Warner, R.M., Ch.23352, M.N.B.D.O. II.Quartermaster Sergeant Edgar Allan Lloyd, R.M., Depot 677, M.N.B.D.O. II. Armourer Quartermaster Sergeant (Temporary) Harold Buckland, R.M., Po.22414

(T), M.N.B.D.O. II.Colour Sergeant (Acting Temporary Quartermaster Sergeant) Horace Henry Budd,

R.M., Po.215048, M.N.B.D.O. II.Colour Sergeant (Acting Temporary Quartermaster Sergeant) Alfred George Eatwell,

R.M., Po. 217002, M.N.B.D.O. n .Sergeant (Acting Temporary Quartermaster Sergeant Wilfred John Hayward,

R.M., Ch.X.1039, M.N.B.D.O. II.Sergeant (Acting Temporary Quartermaster Sergeant) Douglas Ligertwood, R.M.,

Po.X.1679, M.N.B.D.O. II.Corporal (Temporary) (Acting Temporary Quartermaster Sergeant) Leslie William

Saunders, R.M., Ch.X.102885, M.N.B.D.O. II.Colour Sergeant Thomas John Horsnell, R.M., Ch.23094(T), M.N.B.D.O. II. Colour Sergeant William James Rowfcer, R.M., Ply.20410, H.M.S. “ Furious ” . Sergeant (Acting Temporarv Colour Sergeant) George Kershaw Mouel, R.M.,

Po.X.876, H.Q., M.N.B.D.O. I.Corporal (Temporarv) (Acting Temporary Colour Sergeant) George Alexander

Beech, R.M., Ch.X. 100672, M.N.B.D.O. II.Corporal (Temporary) (Acting Temporary Colour Sergeant) Frederick Henry Woods,

R.M., Ex. 1506, M.N.B.D.O. II.Petty Officer Thomas Anderson, LT/JX.241968, H.M.D. “ Reaper Petty Officer William Edmonds Box, D/J.105539, H.M.S. “ Fly ” .Petty Officer William James Bradford, D /JX. 159408, H.M.S. “ Hussar ” .Petty Officer Robert Leslie Bridges, P/JX.126404, H.M.S. “ King George V ” . Petty Officer Arthur George Brotchie, C/JX .136112, H.M.S. “ Dido Petty Officer John Campbell, LT/X. 10672, M.M.S. “ 32 Petty Officer Daniel Connell, P /JX .141124, H.M.S. “ Paladin ” .Petty Officer Frank Charles Richard Cooke, C /JX .137105, H.M.S. “ Circe ” .Petty Officer George James Cox, P /JX .125780, H.M.S. “ King George V Petty Officer David Dickson, D/JX.150994, H.M.S. “ Croome Petty Officer Harry Hall, D/JX.165824, H.M.S. “ Renown ” .Petty Officer Torpedo Coxswain Emest Edward Harrow, C/JX. 135068, H.M.S.

“ StornowayPetty Officer Frederick Gordon Harvey, D /JX. 129682, H.M.S. “ Mackay ” .Petty Officer Bert Benjamin Baker Marjoram, C/JX. 137619, H.M.S. “ Tyrian Petty Officer Harold Charles Daniel Martin, P/JX.126902, H.M.S. “ Ledbury ”. Petty Officer Reggie Samuel Munt, P/JX.159872, H.M.S. “ Brecon ” .Petty Officer Reginald James Theodore Thomas Payne, C/J.106374, H.M.S.

“ Bicester ” .Pettv Officer Bertie Peart, D.S.M., C/J.111672, H.M.S. “ Hursley Petty Officer George Victor Rivett, D/J.47009, H.M.S. “ Whaddon ” .Petty Officer George William Robinson, C /J.113760, H.M.S. “ V aliant”.Petty Officer Robert Scott, C/JX.128485, H.M.S. “ Campbell” .Petty Officer Edward Philip Snow, C/JX. 139090, H.M.S. “ Ross ” .

19 3248Petty Officer Albion Charles Cyril Stone, P /J .l 13382, H.M.S. “ Quantock Petty Officer William Henry Owen Stradling, C /JX .129947, H.M.S. “ Heather ”. Petty Officer James Stanley Vickers, D/SSX.23054, H.M.S. “ Pink ” .Petty Officer James Walker, D /J.93713, H.M.S. “ Rodney ” .Petty Officer Joseph Walter Ward, D /JX. 135472, H.M.S. “ Shoreham ”.Petty Officer James Hector Warr, LT/X.18497A, H.M.S. “ Courtier ” .Petty Officer Samuel Edward White, D /J. 109769, H.M.S. “ R odney” .Petty Officer Coxswain William Lindsay Williams, D/JX. 158412, M.T.B. “ 609 Temporary Acting Petty Officer Henry Emmanuel Allen, C/JX. 125014, H.M.S.

“ Wanderer ” .Temporary Acting Petty Officer Sidney Brenton, P/SS. 11025.Temporary Acting Petty Officer John Briody, P /J .40604.Temporary Acting Petty Officer Frederick James Alfred Bunton, C/JX.156446,

H.M.S. “ Eastbourne ” .Temporary Acting Petty Officer David Edmund Butterworth, P/SSX.12332. Temporary Acting Petty Officer William Alderson Calvert, C/JX. 125636, D.E.M.S. Temporary Petty Officer Joshua Albert Edward Carr, P/J.98774, H.M.S. “ Ilex ” . Temporary Acting Petty Officer Em est George Cunningham, D /JX .181637,

D.E.M.S.Temporary Acting Petty Officer Albert Dowse, D/BDX.1731, D.E.M.S.Temporary Petty Officer George Wilfred Drake, D/J.104956, H.M.S. “ Femie ” . Temporary Petty Officer Harold Eves, C/SSX.17722, H.M.S. “ Kent ”.Tem porary‘Acting Petty Officer Jack Augustus William Jennings, P /JX .189616,

D.E.M.S.Acting Petty Officer Douglas Lamb, C/JX. 141082, R.M.L. “ 500 ” .Temporary Acting Petty Officer William Henry Macdonald, C/X.18461A., D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Petty Officer Cecil Marsden, P/JX.198292, D.E.M.S.Acting Petty Officer Ronald Lester Martin, C /JX .179007, M.L. “ 238 Temporary Petty Officer Stanley Rose, C/JX.151764, H.M.S. “ Cockatrice ”. Temporary Acting Petty Officer Richard Smith, D /JX .181591, D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Petty Officer Josias Thompson Spence, D /JX .194817, D.E.M.S, Acting Petty Officer Eric Reginald Taylor, C/SSX.30000, H.M.S. “ Moyola ”. Temporary Petty Officer Clifford Arthur Taylor, P/LD/X.4793, H.M.S. “ Nelson ”, Temporary Acting Petty Officer Leonard William Trimmer, P/J.89458, D.E.M.S. Temporary Pettv Officer Herbert Samuel Michael Unsworth, P /JX .149243, H.M.S.

“ Grenville ”.Temporary Petty Officer Leonard Wilkinson, D/SSX. 18775, H.M.S. “ Rodney Temporary Acting Petty Officer George Edward Williams, P /JX .204892, D.E.M.S. Temporary Acting Petty Officer Walter Albert Kimberley Wise, P/SS.8374, D.E.M.S. Yeoman of Signals David Michael Carrol, C/J.28555, H.M.S. “ Crane Yeoman of Signals George Charles Castle, D /J.31296, H.M.S. “ Sidmouth ” . Yeoman of Signals Christopher Alfred Plumb, C/SSX.31764, H.M.S. “ Haydon ”. Yeoman of Signals George Edward Voss, P /J .84390, H.M.S. “ Nelson ”.Petty Officer Telegraphist James Hastings Stewart Fowler, C /JX .154327, H.M.S.

“ Rother ” .Petty Officer Telegraphist Edward Hatch, C/JX. 138717, H.M.S. “ Kellett ” .Petty Officer Telegraphist Sydney George Hicks, D /JX .143921, H.M.S. “ Queen-

boro’ ”.Petty Officer Telegraphist James Richard Harrison Hodges, D /J .109468, H.M.S.

“ Scarborough ” .Petty Officer Telegraphist Lawrence Victor Howard, P/JX.148238, H.M.S.

“ ImpulsivePetty Officer Telegraphist Cyril Dennis George Linkin, C/JX.133984, H.M.S.

“ Musketeer ” . »Petty Officer Telegraphist Leonard Reed, C/JX. 13275.3, H.M.S. “ London ” .Petty Officer Telegraphist Jack Herbert Wilkes, P /J. 108508, Staff of C.-in.C., Home

Fleet.Petty Officer Motor Mechanic William Henry Cox, D/MX.88099, H.M.S. “ Leonidas”. Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Alfred John Roe, P/MX.98752, H.M.S. “ Victory I I I ”

(South Africa).Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Thomas Hulme, C/MX.77065, M.L. “ 309 ” .Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Fourth Class John Stone, D/MX. 117083, H.M.S.

“ Prince Charles ”.Acting Petty Officer Radio Mechanic James Frederick Hamilton, P/MX.102004,

H.M.S. “ Jamaica ”.(67573) c

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Acting Petty Officer Radio Mechanic John Heseltine, P/MX. 101530, H.M.S.“ Ulster ”,

Temporary Acting Petty Officer Radio Mechanic Ronald Roy Jennings, P/MX.98273, H.M.S. “ Bermuda ” .

Acting Petty Officer Radio Mechanic William Smith Leiper, P/MX.116311, H.M.S.“ Vidette

Acting Petty Officer Radio Mechanic Edward Mellor, P/MX.89767, H.M.S. “ Sirius ”. Electrical Mechanician Fifth Class Bernard Grix, D/MX.74961, H.M.S. “ Inglefield ”. Engineman John Gray, LT/X.5985 E.S., H.M.T. “ Westray ”.Engineman John William Harmer, LT/KX.106155, H.M.S. “ One Accord ”. Engineman David Wilfred Lanford, LT/KX.147417, M.M.S. “ 287 ”.Stoker Petty Officer George Bater, D/KX.78256, H.M.S. “ Colombo ”.Stoker Petty Officer Edgar Biggs, P/KX.84165, H.M.S. “ Swale ”.Stoker Petty Officer William Ernest Davies, P/KX.82768, H.M.S. “ Fleetwood Stoker Petty Officer Archibald Alfred Harriss, C/K.58342, H-M.S. “ Sheffield ”. Stoker Petty Officer Cecil Alfred Hillyer, P/K X .89116, H.M.S. “ Leeds Temporary Stoker Petty Officer Arthur Kenneth McIntyre, C/KX.85132, H.M.S.

“ Dido ”.Stoke Petty Officer Frederick David Merrett, D /K .65301, H.M.S. “ Guillemot ” . Stoker Petty Officer Bernard Edward Thomas Millington, P/KX.79362, H.M.S.

“ Douglas ” .Stoker Petty Officer Arthur Orlando Rampling, P/K .58721, H.M.S. “ Glasgow ”. Stoker Petty Officer William Edgar Preston Rann, P/K .50146, H.M.S.’ “ Sutton ”. Stoker Petty Officer Albert Henry Robertshaw, C/KX.90032, H.M.S. “ Shoreham ” . Stoker Petty Officer George Rogers, D/KX.82194, H.M.S. “ Norfolk ” .Stoker Petty Officer Percy Victor Withey, P/K X .84543, H.M.S. “ Zetland ” . Temporary Stoker Petty Officer Robert Edgar, C/KX.77097, H.M.S. “ Ashanti ”. Electrical Artificer Fourth Class Eric Arber, C/MX.67425, H.M.S. “ Troubridge ” . Electrical Artificer Fourth Class Bruce Gervais Marshall Overton, D/MX.74030,

H.M.S. “ Scorpion ”.Electrical Artificer Fourth Class Ernest George Alfred Walters, C/MX.73693,

H.M.S. “ St. AngeloOrdnance Artificer Fourth Class Wilfred Dunbavand, P/MX.62800. H.M.S. “ King

George V ”.Ordnance Artificer William John Webb, D/MX.64076, H.M.S. “ Meteor ”.Ordnance Mechanician Fourth Class John McCabe, P/MX.89011, H.M.S. “ Black­

pool ” .Shipwright Fourth Class Frank Arthur Knights, C/MX.77334, H.M.S. “ St. Angelo ”. Shipwright Fourth Class William Charles Le Breton, P/MX.78991, H.M.S.

“ Fleewood ” .Sick Berth Petty Officer Henry Bibby, D/SBR/X.7203, H.M.S. “ Pentstemon Temporary Petty Officer W riter George William Plater, C/MX.66837, H.M.S.

“ Blenheim ”.Supply Petty Officer Derrick Harold Allsopp, C/MX.59729, H.M.S. Bicester . Supply Petty Officer Cyril Alexander Cairns, C/KX.89129, H.M.S. “ Loosestrife ” . Supply Petty Officer George Ernest Wilkinson, P/MX.52715, H.M.S. “ Whitshed ” . Temporary Petty Officer Cook John Collings Crago, D/MX.50836, H.M.S. “ Look-

out ” .Canteen Manager William Henry Chapman, N.A.A.F.I., C/NX.2660, H.M.S.

“ A ntw erp” . _Acting Temporary Sergeant William Harold Britton, Ply.21455, D.ii<.M.fe.Acting Temporary Sergeant John Stanley Brooke, Ch.24082, D.E.M.S.Corporal (Temporary) (Acting Temporary Sergeant) Robert Kenneth Gray, R.M.,

Ex.577, H.Q., M.N.B.D.O. I.Sergeant Edward Frederick Toop Hodges, R.M., Ch.X.2, H.M.S. Anson . Sergeant Harold Ough, R.M., Ply.X.1071, H.M.S. “ RenownCorporal (Temporary) (Acting Temporary Sergeant) Richard Henry Preston, R.M.,

Ex.658, M.N.B.D.O. H.Acting Temporary Sergeant Alfred Edward Sims, Ch./A. 15348, D.E.M.S.Acting Temporary Sergeant Ernest Williams, Ch.24655, D.E.M.S.Acting Temporary Sergeant William Woodrow, Po.A.215367, D.E.M.S.Leading Seaman Eric Bennett, LT/JX .205624, H.M.S. Setter .Leading Seaman Henry Bloomfield, LT/JX .202353, H.M.S. ̂P a tti •Leading Seaman Peter Spink Cargill, LT/6071D, H.M.S. “ G ipsy”.Leading Seaman John Ernest Camine, LT/JX .198823, M.M.S. “ 110 ”.Leading Seaman John Carroll, LT/X.2017A, H.M.S. “ Leeds United ”.

21 3248Leading Seaman Raymond Merville Cresswell, LT/JX.253688, H.M.S. “ Fildea ”. Leading Seaman James Henry Gunn, L/SR.53753, H.M.T. “ Turquoise ” .Leading Seaman Alfred Frederick William Hales, LT/JX .232648, M.M.S. “ 44 Leading Seaman William Buchan Hughes, LT/JX. 183092, H.M.T. “ Commiles ”. Leading Seaman John Richard Leadbetter, LT/JX.241820, M.M.S. “ 45 ” .Leading Seaman Harry Lister, LT/JX. 198954, H.M.T. “ Dochet ”.Leading Seaman Arthur Henry Little, D /JX .136242, H.M.S. “ Shikari ” .Leading Seaman Alfred Sidney Lomath, C/JX. 134278, H.M.S. “ Jervis Leading Seaman Murdo MacDonald, LT/JX.210932, H.M.T. “ Liberia Leading Seaman John Mackenzie, X.7262C., H.M.T. “ Cape Melville ”.Leading Seaman .Abraham Mitchley, C/J.41358, H.M.S. “ TenbyLeading Seaman Thomas William North, LT/JX. 170342, H.M.S. “ Marticot ”.Leading Seaman William Owen, LT/.TX. 187352, M.M.S. “ 116 ” .Leading Seaman Thomas Robert Readshaw, LT/JX.170671, H.M.S. “ Southern

Chief” .Leading Seaman Thomas Render, LT/JX.167134, H.M.T. “ Delphinus ” .Leading Seaman James Hursel Rogers, L T /JX .185982, H.M.S. “ Miscou Leading Seaman Edwin Reubin Sellers, LT/JX .225742, M.M.S. “ 69 ” .Leading Seaman D. Shaw, S.A.N.F.(V), C/SA/67668, H.M.S. “ Leonidas ”. Leading Seaman Arthur Sheppard, LT/JX .230235, H.M.S. “ Perilia Leading Seaman Frederick Vale, P /JX .254103, H.M.S. “ Shikari ” .Acting Temporary Leading Seaman Harold Beaver, D/J.53894, R.F.R., H.M.S.

“ Onslaught ” .Acting Temporary Leading Seaman Douglas Ivan Butler, P /JX . 142040, H.M.S.

“ HoweTemporary Leading Seaman James Marcus Copping, P/JX . 155618, H.M.S.

“ Bridport ” .Acting Leading Seaman Albert Edward Dally, D /JX. 112473, R.F.R., H.M.S.

“ BeaverTemporary Acting Leading Seaman Francis Robert Drinkwater, P/JX.194622,

D.E.M.S.Acting Leading Seaman James Thomas Duckworth, D /JX .238684, H.M.S.

“ Hilary ” .Acting Leading Seaman Kenneth Duckworth, P/SSX.25189, H.M.S. “ Penelope ” . Temporary Aeting Leading Seaman Alexander Duguid, C/JX.206053, D.E.M.S, Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Arthur Benjamin Dyson, D/J.88384, H.M.S.

“ FuriousTemporary Acting Leading Seaman Frederick George Gardner, D /JX .213451,

D.E.M.S.Temporary Leading Seaman Leslie Charles Hancock, D /JX. 133843, H.M.S.

“ Adventure ” .Acting Leading Seaman Hubert Hawkes, P/SSX.26052, H.M.S. “ Hydra ”.Acting Leading Seaman George Joseph, C/JX.291232, H.M.S. “ Asphodel ” . Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Charles James Im pett, C /J.113962, H.M.S.

“ Lancaster ” .Temporary Acting Leading Seaman Donald Mitchell, D /JX .194670, D.E.M.S.Acting Temporary Leading Seaman Walter Robinson, D/JX.157411, H.M.S.

“ Britomart ” .Acting Temporary Leading Seaman Thomas Stanley White, P/J.101292, H.M.S.

“ Jason ” .Convoy Leading Signalman Leslie John Parsons, C/JX.269269, H.M.S. “ Leigh ”. Leading Signalman Maurice Worthington Brice, P /JX .232320, F.F.S. “ Richelieu ” Leading Telegraphist Albert Brown, C/J.52980, H.M.S. “ Seaham ”.Leading Telegraphist Rennie Hull, P /JX .155686, H.M.S. “ Victory I I I ”.Leading Telegraphist Leonard George Payne, P/J.100388, H.M.S. “ Laforey Leading Radio Mechanic William Kenneth Philp, P/MX.89533, H.M.S. “ Milne Leading Stoker Thomas Joseph Hyland, D/K.62325, H.M.S. “ Guardian ”.Leading Stoker Ronald William Spencer, P/KX. 104644, R.M.L. “ 515 ”.Leading Stoker Henry Charles Willoughby, P/KX.95392, H.M.S. “ Blencathra ”. Temporary Leading Stoker Sydney Albert Lyford, P/K .50244, H.M.S. “ Howe Temporary Acting Leading Stoker David Thomas Steer, D/SS. 123381, H.M.S.

“ Bermuda ” .Acting Leading Stoker Robert Edward Ward, D/KX.91314, H.M.S. “ Raider ”. Acting Temporary Leading Stoker Elmer Charles Worsley, D/KX.115056, H.M.S.

“ Mackay ”.Acting Leading Stoker Graham Thomas W yatt, D/KX. 115275, H.M.S. “ Britomart ”,

3248 22Blacksmith Fourth Class Leonard Timothy Berwick, C/MX.70086, H.M.S. “ Princess

Astrid ” .Temporary Leading Writer Robert John Bain Mowat, P/MX. 106590, H.M.S.

“ BerwickTemporary Leading Supply Assistant Richard Walter Kemp, D/MX.66800, H.M.S.

“ Adventure ” .Leading Supply Assistant Ernest James Didders, C/MX.61217, H.M.S. “ Honey-

sucldeTemporary Leading Steward Alexander Henry White, C/LX.23151, H.M.S.

“ Opportune ”.Leading Cook Michael Richard Groucher, LT/MX.87174, H.M.S. Sir Geraint Leading Cook Stanley Twidell, P/MX.60575, H.M.T. “ Sandringham ” .Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) Robert Robinson Fletcher, R.M., Po/X.102510,

M.N.B.D.O. II.Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal) William Raymond Dennis Hugh, R.M.,

P ly/X .120105, M.N.B.D.O. II.Temporary Corporal Herbert Norman Lane, R.M., Ch.X.102838, M.N.B.D.O. II. Corporal (Temporary) Edwin Moorhouse, R.M., Po/X.3998, M.N.B.D.O. II.Corporal (Temporary) Leslie Arthur Peck, R.M., Ch. X.1680, M.N.B.D.O. II.Able Seaman John William Adams, C/J.113088, H.M.S: “ Anson ”.Able Seaman Edmund Boyce, D/J.26985, H.M.S. “ Furious ”.Able Seaman Francis Budd, D/J.106133, H.M.S. “ GuardianAble Seaman Dennis Edward Burrin, C/JX.373710, M.T.B. “ 417Able Seaman William Leonard Clements, C/J.92467, H.M.S. “ Ashanti ” .Able Seaman Eddie Julian Dallimore, P /JX .388462, H.M.S. “ Eggesford ”.Able Seaman Arthur Edward Foulger, C/J.105922, H.M.S. “ Mendip ”.Able Seaman Percy Stephen Gardiner, C/SSX.12363, H.M.S. “ Opportune Able Seaman Gerald Leofric Goss, D/J.95872, H.M.S. “ Newcastle ” .Able Seaman Christopher Edward Hawkes, P/JX.290744, H.M.S. “ Delhi Able Seaman Stanley Cecil Hawkins, P/J.101295, H.M.S. “ Prins Albert Able Seaman Edward Rayner Hills, D /JX .246523, H.M.S. “ Illustrious ”.Able Seaman Joseph Leslie Howard, D /JX .256404, H.M.S. “ Hussar Able Seaman Lewis Hutchinson, D/JX.257704, H.M.S. “ Rhyl ”.Able Seaman William Jolly, P /J .47817, R.F.R., H.M.S. “ H ow e”.Able Seaman Percival Robert Kelly, C/J.76284, H.M.S. “ Anson ” .Able Seaman Henry Thomas Keywood, P /J. 14233, H.M.T. " Pieton Castle ”. Able Seaman Frederick James Mclver, D/X.19233 A, H.M.S. “ Borage ”,Able Seaman Francis Henry Northcott, D /J. 108175, H.M.S. Bideford ”.Able Seaman Edward Ernest Perry, C/JX.310048, M.T.B. “ 83 ” .Able Seaman Sydney Arthur Ernest P itt, C/JX.319727, H.M.S. “ Cicala ” .Able Seaman Russell Edmond Pontifex, C/JX.202995, H.M.S. “ St. Angelo ”.Able Seaman Victor John Rea, D/JX.186917, H.M.S. “ Renown ” .Able Seaman Kenneth Walter Rosling, D /JX .202882, F.F.S. “ Savorgnan de

BrazzaAble Seaman Frederick Redvers Sheerson, D /J.79201, R.F.R., H.M.S. “ Catti-

stock ”.Able Seaman Sidney Steere, D /JX .284782, M.L. “ 107 ” .Able Seaman Charles Alfred Symer, P/JX.223947, H.M.S. “ Poole ”.Able Seaman Joseph Whittingham, C/JX.277204, H.M.S. “ Stornoway ”. Temporary Able Seaman John Protheroe Boon Snary, C/JS.2225.Temporary Able Seaman (Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) ) Charles Percival Fenwick

Warton, C/JS.2217.Convoy Signalman John Francis Madden, C/JX.226576. H.M.S. “ Leigh ’’.Convoy Signalman Bertie Harold Pryor, C/JX.233745, H.M.S. “ Leigh ” . Signalman Frederick Eric Birkinshaw, LT/JX.176255, H.M.T. “ Concertator Signalman Kenneth Morgan Davies, LT/JX.204957, H.M.S. “ Roche Velen ”. Signalman Henry Cecil Housego, LT/JX.274527, H.M.S. “ Southern Breeze Signalman George Mance Raine, LT/JX .220689, H.M.T. “ Pelagos ”.Signalman John George Robson, D /J.73197, H.M.S. “ Hesperus ” .Signalman John Barron Taylor, D/JX.187931, H.M.S. “ Palomares ”.Telegraphist Albert Henry Arnold, P/SSX.26962, M.T.B. “ 443 ”.Telegraphist George Arthur Edwin Broad, LT/JX .298565, M.M.S. “ 79 Telegraphist Patrick Terence Bums, C/JX.321775, H.M.T. “ Epine ”.Telegraphist Frederick Collins, LT/JX. 169682, H.M.S. “ Helier II Telegraphist Rowland Ernest Fairweather, P /JX .231119, M.L. “ 134 ”. Telegraphist John Murdoch Henry, C/WRX.687, H.M.S. “ Sunflower ”.

Telegraphist Bertie Jarvis, C/JX.282154. R.M.L. “ 517 ” .Telegraphist John Thomas Skeldon, P/J.111165, R.F.R., H.M.S. “ Nelson”. Telegraphist Hugh Walker, LT/JX.190853, M.M.S. “ 41 ” .Stoker First Class Richard Allen, C/KX.151390, H.M.S. “ London ”.Stoker First Class George Henry Berry. P/SS. 125647, H.M.S. “ Whitshed ”.Stoker First Class Richard Bowerbank, C/KX. 123553, H.M.S. “ Rother ”.Stoker First Class James William Reginald Channing, P/KX. 133487, H.M.S.

“ SiriusStoker First Class Allan Haywood, D/KX. 151284, M.T.B. “ 441 Stoker First Class George William Honey, D /K X .113710, H.M.S. “ Whaddon ”. Stoker F irst Class Geoffrey Francis Raymond Potter, D/KX.104089, H.M.S.

Cattistock ” .Stoker First Class Robert Stewart, C/KX. 138155, H.M.S. “ Dulverton ”.Stoker First Class Bernard Townend, D/KX. 132257, H.M.S. “ Adventure ” .Sick Berth Attendant Henry Thomas Meek Brown, C/MX.83884, H.M.S. “ Speed­

well ” ,Sick Berth Attendant Geoffrey Alan Cowin, P/MX.109266, M.N.B.D.O. TI.Sick Berth Attendant James Henry Waterworth, D/SBR/X.7642, H.M.S.

“ Quantock ” .Supply Assistant Richard John Glover, C/MX.67616, H.M.S. “ Eskimo Steward Roy Anderson Buchanan, P/LX.26480, H.M.S. “ Rothesay ” .Steward Walter Henry Purcell, LT/LX.29388, H.M.T. “ Arctic Hunter ”.Steward Frederick William Walter Chartres, LT/LX.27506, M.M.S. “ 66 Wireman William Thomas Haslam, D/JX.168313, H.M.S. “ Atreus Wireman Kenneth William Page, C/MX.96561, M.M.S. “ 1030 ” .Seaman Robert James Boyd, LT/JX.174480, H.M.S. “ Sarpedon ”.Seaman Joseph Clayton, LT/JX .299322, H.M.T. “ Peter Carey ” .Seaman John Jones, LT/JX.187332, H.M.T. “ Walnut ” .Seaman John Dennis Mason, LT/JX.256015, H.M.S. “ Da.m.-'ay ”.Seaman William Davies, LT/JX.190120, H.M.S. “ Bern ” .S :aman Glyndwr Newman, LT/JX.240615, H.M.S. “ Sir Lamorak Seaman Kenneth Smith, LT/X.18297A, H.M.S. “ G ipsy” .Seaman Haydn Thomas, LT/JX .221385, H.M.S. “ GeorgetteSeaman Nathan Percey, L T /JX .195272, H.M.S. “ Glenheather ” , (Newfoundland).Seaman John Morris, LT/JX. 199033. H.M.S. “ HaslemereSeaman Daniel Patrick Lynch, LT/JX.225765, H.M.S. “ HaslemereSeaman Percy Holland, LT/JX .202041, H.M.S.’ “ Fratton ” .Seaman George Blythe Thomas, LT/JX.243040, H.M.S. “ Oderin

.Seaman Sydney Charles Hill, LT/JX. 179323, H.M.T. “ Sapphire ”.Seaman Hiram Thomas Rideout, LT/JX .246634, H.M.T. “ Liberia Seaman Joseph Donovan, LT/JX .283405, M.M.S. “ 190 ” .Seaman William Rowland Bisset, LT/JX .216239, H.M.S. “ Derby County ” .Seaman John Thomas Bennett, LT/JX.315683, H.M.T. “ Prospect ” ,Ordinary Signalman Herbert, Edward George Troke, P/JX.343493, H.M.T.

“ Lorraine ”.Stoker Thomas Ivor Cavell Anthony, LT/KX. 103338, H.M.S. “ Sir K a y ”.Stoker Robert George Sparkes, LT/KX.126931, H.M.S. “ Fratton ”.Stoker Harry King, LT/KX.108014, H.M.S. “ Huddersfield Town ” .Coder William Watchman Blakeborough, C/JX.293176, H.M.S. “ Kent ”.Coder Mortimer Cowling, C/JX.229660, H.M.S. “ Campbell ”.Coder Charles Hill Harrison, D/JX.251593, H.M.S. “ Illustrious ”.Coder Cyril Uttley, C/JX.199677, H.M.S. “ Honeysuckle ” .Marine (Lance Corporal) John George Ernest Lynn, R.M., Po.X. 103856, M.N.B.D.O.

II.Marine Donald Finlay, R.M., Ch.24146(T), M.N.B.D.O. II.Marine Gwyn Meredith Haddrell, R.M., Po.X. 107177(T), M.N.B.D.O. II.Marine Fred Slade, R.M., Ply.X.109444, M.N.B.D.O. II.Marine Arthur Stanley Ballard, R.M., Ch.X.102452. M.N.B.D.O. II.Marine Maurice Wombell, R.M., Ch.X.102381, M.N.B.D.O. II.

The above awards are for gallantry or good services in the last six months or more of war in His Majesty’s Battleships, Aircraft Carriers, Cruisers, Auxiliary Cruisers, Destroyers, Submarines, Minelayers, Corvettes, Sloops, Escort Vessels, Armed Boarding Vessels, Minesweepers, Trawlers, Drifters, Yachts, Anti-Submarine Vessels, Tugs, Motor Gun Boats, Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Launches, Patrol Ships, Naval Aircraft, Base Ships and Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships.

3248 24His Majesty has also been graciously pleased to approve the following promotions

in, and appointments to, the Royal Red Cross for outstanding zeal, patience and cheerfulness and for courage and wholehearted devotion to duty in H.M. Naval Hospitals in the last six months or more of war :—

Bar to the First Class of the Royal Red Cross Miss Matilda Goodrich, R.R.C., Principal Matron, Q.A.R.N.N.S., Royal Naval

Hospital, Haslar.To be Members of the Royal Red Cross :

Miss Ailleen Marjorie Taylor, A.R.R.C., Acting Matron, Q.A.R.N.N.S., R.N.A.H., Dijatalawa.

Miss Kathleen Margaret Cooper, A.R.R.C., Acting Matron, R.N.A.H., Seaforth.To be Associates of the Royal Red Cross

Miss Eva Doris Bishop, Acting Principal Matron, Q.A.R.N.N.S., R.N. Auxiliary Hospital, Kingseat.

Miss Margaret Frances Maxwell Trimble, Acting Matron, Q.A.R.N.N.S., R.N.H., Malta.

Miss Phyllis Mary Wilkinson, Acting Principal Matron, Q.A.R.N.N.S., R.N.A.H., Durban.

Miss Irene Kathleen Coleman, Senior Sister, Q.A.R.N.N.S., R.N.H., Haslar.Miss Gertrude Annie Ramsden, Nursing Sister (Reserve), Interservice H.Q. Staff,

S.E. Asia.Miss Dorothy Esther Tope, Nursing Sister (Reserve), Q.A.R.N.N.S., R.N.H., Haslar. Miss Cicely Hollis Ewens, Nursing Sister (Reserve), Q.A.R.N.X.S., R.N.A.H.,

Idsworth.Miss Mary Weetman, Nursing Sister (Reserve), Q.A.R.N.N.S., R.N.H., Plymouth. Miss Elizabeth Ann Brock, Supervising V.A.D. Nursing Member, R.N.H., Chatham. Miss Violet Morrison, Supervising V.A.D. Nursing Member, R.N.A.H., Kingseat.

C e n t r a l C h a n c e r y o f t h e O r d e r s o f K n i g h t h o o d ,

St. James's Palace, iS.TF. 1.8th J une, 1944.

The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, and on the advice of His Majesty’s Ministers for the Union of South Africa, to give orders for the following appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire :—To be an Additional Officer of the M ilitary Division of the said Most Excellent Order : Temporary Commander Brian Laidlaw Goodlet, South African Naval Forces.To be an Additional Member of the M ilitary Division of the said Most Excellent Order : Lieutenant John William Limdberg (67099V), South African Naval Forces.

C e n t r a l C h a n c e r y o f t h e O r d e r s o f K n i g h t h o o d ,

St. James's Palace, S .W .l.8th June, 1944.

The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, and on the advice of His Majesty’s Ministers for the Union of South Africa, to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Military Division) to the undermentioned :—Chief Engine Room Artificer Gustav Adolph Nelson (66832V), South African Naval

Forces.Ordnance Artificer Ronald James Fiske (47989), South African Naval Forces

(seconded from the Royal Navy).

C e n t r a l C h a n c e r y o f t h e O r d e r s o f K n i g h t h o o d ,

St. James’s Palace, S .W .l,8th June, 1944.

The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of thé Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday and on the advice of His Majesty’s Canadian Ministers, to give orders for the following appointment to the Most Honourable Order of the Bath :—To be an Addition'll Member of the M ilitary Division o f the Third Class, or Companions

of the said Most Honourable Order :—Rear-Admiral Leonard Warren Murray, C.B.E., R.C.N.

25 3248C e n t r a l C h a n c e r y o f t h e O r d e r s o f K n i g h t h o o d ,

St. James’s Palace, S .W .l,8th June, 1944.

The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday and on the advice of His Majesty’s Canadian Ministers, to give orders for the following promotion in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire :—To be Additional Commanders of the M ilitary Division of the said Most Excellent

Order :—Captain (Commodore Second Class) Cuthbert Robert Holland Taylor, R.C.N. Paymaster Captain John Alick Edward Woodhouse, O.B.E., R.N. (Ret.).To be Additional Officers of the M ilitary Division of the said Most Excellent Order :— Acting Captain Geoffrey Bateman Hope, R.C.N.Acting Captain (E) James William Keohane, R.C.N.Commander Frederick Avei;y Price, R.C.N.V.R.Acting Commander Laurence James Dover, R.C.N.Acting Temporary Commander (E) Charles Murtough O’Leary, R.C.N.R.Acting Temporary Surgeon Commander Henry Robertson R uttan, M.D., R.C.N.V.R. Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Anthony Fenwick Pickard, R.C.N.R. Acting Lieutenant-Commander Angus Hetherington Rankin, R.C.N.V.R. Temporary Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander George Cringle, R.C.N.V.R. Lieutenant-Commander Isabel Janet MacNeill, W.R.C.N.S.To be Additional Members of the M ilitary Division of the said M ost Excellent Order :— Acting Temporary Lieutenant (E) Gordon Allan, R.C.N.R.Acting Temporary Skipper Lieutenant Herman Baker, R.C.N.R.Temporary Chief Skipper Claude Kenneth Darrach, R.C.N.R.Temporary Skipper William James Arsenault, R.C.N.R.Mr. Charles McDonald, Commissioned Boatswain, R.C.N.Mr. Richard Leslie Richards, Commissioned Engineer, R.C.N.R.Mr. Wilfred Roy Marryat, Commissioned Shipwright,' R.C.N.V.R.Mr. Lawrence Chaney, Boatswain, R.C.N.Mr. Leonard Idiens, Coxswain, R.C.N.R.Mr. Leslie Charles Karagianis, W arrant Steward, R.C.N.

C e n t r a l C h a n c e r y o f t h e O r d e r s o f K n i g h t h o o d ,

St. James’s Palace, S .W .l,8th June, 1944.

The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday and on the advice of His Majesty’s Canadian Ministers, to give orders for the award of the British Empire Medal (Military Division) to :— Chief Petty Officer Frank Edward Aves, R.C.N., 2617.Chief Petty Officer William Burtee Dodsworth, R.C.N., 21455.Chief Petty Officer William Clifton Pickering, R.C.N.R., A-2654.Acting Chief Petty Officer Henry Biddle, R.C.N.V.R., V-10186.Chief Engine Room Artificer John David P ratt, R.C.N., X-21317.Chief Petty Officer W riter Bruce S. Joudrey, R.C.N.V.R., V-25078.Engine Room Artificer Second Class Peter Christie Allan, R.C.N.V.R., V-10347. Regulating Petty Officer Robert Blakeley, R.C.N.V.R., V-22076.Leading Seaman Allan Boon, R.C.N.V.R., V-16252.Able Seaman Albert Bruce Campbell, R.C.N.R., FR.-244.Stoker First Class William Samuel Carson, R.C.N.V.R., V-68135.Cook (S) Allen John Roberts, R.C.N.V.R., V-36211.Ordinary Seaman Diver Second Class Albert Joseph Hanley, R.C.N.V.R., V-2493.

D e p a r t m e n t o f N a t i o n a l D e f e n c e ,

Ottawa,8th June, 1944.

The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following awards :—

Mention in Despatches Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Philip Cabell Evans, R.C.N.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander William Roland Stacey, R.C.N.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Ian Hunter Bell, R.C.N.V.R.

3248 26Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Frederick Bancroft Brooks-Hill,

> R.C.N.V.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander James Sinclair Davis, R.C.N.V.R. Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Henry Knox Hill, R.C.N.V.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Rendell James Godschall Johnson,

R.C.N.V.R.Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Dudley Gawen King, R.C.N.V.R. Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander Frederick Robb Knyvet Naftel,

R.C.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant John Alexander Ferguson, R.C.N.R.Temporary Lieutenant John Glover McQuarrie, R.C.N.R.Temporary Lieutenant Fred Francis Osborne, R.C.N.R.Temporary Lieutenant Freeman Elkins Burrows, R.C.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Sidney William Buxton, R.C.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Gordon Duncan Campbell, R.C.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Geoffrey Lionel Goodwin, R.C.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Richard Wallace Hart, R.C.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Archibald Miller Kirkpatrick, R.C.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant John Barry O’Brien, R.C.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant James Leslie Percy, R.C.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant James Charles Pratt, R.C.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant Charles Wallace Spinney, R.C.N.V.R.Temporary Lieutenant (E) William Simpson Gibson, R.C.N.V.R.Mr. Sandon Alexander Karr, Acting W arrant Engineer, R.C.N.R.Chief Petty Of&cer Douglas Robert Strachan, R.C.N.R., A-4161.Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer Herbert Cecil Harris, R.C.N.V.R., V-25877. Petty Officer Robert Marshall, R.C.N., 4-775.Stoker Petty Officer Gerald Ludvig Haugen, R.C.N.R., A-764.Stoker Petty Officer Walter Valentine Sweet, R.C.N.V.R., V-10003.Acting Petty Officer John George Alerie, R.C.N.V.R., V-5626.Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class Albert Gordon Dryden, R.C.N.V.R.,

V—24854.Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class Joseph Keith Fleming, R.C.N.V.R.,

V-55387.Leading Seaman Carmen Ernest Stephenson, R.C.N.V.R., V-5646.Leading Telegraphist Thomas Shute, R.C.N.V.R., V-17066.Acting Leading Seaman Henry Snow, R.C.N.R., A-2212.Acting Leading Seaman Morrill Henry Rodgerson, R.C.N.R., A-4854.Acting Leading Seaman Bruce Simon Scott, R.C.N.V.R., V-2435.Aeting Leading Seaman Lloyd Victor North, R.C.N.V.R., V-1U323.Abie Seaman Allan Porter, R.C.N.R.. A-1533.Able Seaman Reginald Taylor, R.C.N.V.R., V-16072.Stoker First Class Oliver Philip Munt, R.C.N.V.R., V-46590.Stoker First Class Virgil Green, R.C.N.V.R., V-54609.

3249.—Honours and Awards—Birthday Honours List, 1944(H. & A. 20 Jun 1944.)

The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and to approve the following award :—To be an Addit ional Member of the M ilitary Division of the said Most Excellent Order : Temporary Lieutenant (E) Sigurd Ingvald Haugen, R.N.V.R., H.M.S. “ Sir John

Hawkins.”The Distinguished Service Medal

Able Seaman Carolus Bauwens, R.N. (Section Beige), D/SB/JX.63. M.M.S. “ 188 ” 2. These awards will not be gazetted.

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